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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2000
William Thomas Eckmann, Lufkin, TX (US);
William B. Fulmer, III, Diboll, TX (US);
David Franklin Kellam, Diboll, TX (US);
Temple-Inland Forest Products Corporation, Diboll, TX (US);
Abstract
A converted wood article for use in combination with other converted wood articles to form composite wood products for use in general construction such as in the construction of posts, flooring, walls, and support beams. Converted wood articles preferably include engaging surfaces and in composite wood products formed therefrom include joints between engaging surfaces which are displaced from the outer corners of the composite wood product. Adjacent engaging surfaces forming a joint preferably include correspondingly shaped inter-engaging portions. Further, converted wood articles have the notional cross-sectional shape of four-, five-, or six-sided polygons. The polygons preferably include at least one side having a notional plane therethrough which forms an acute angle with another side. Converted wood articles and composite wood products may be made by a method which includes converted wood articles having a grade or modulus of elasticity rating, and disposing the converted wood articles in the composite wood product according to their specified grade or modulus of elasticity.