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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dwight Flach, Madison, WI (US);
Roland Hernandez, Monona, WI (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/02 ;
Abstract
A finger joint for connecting first and second wooden segments includes intermeshing fingers that are concentrically disposed about the center of the end face of the two wooden segments. The fingers may either be independent round protrusions forming recesses therebetween operable to receive the fingers of a corresponding wooden segment to be joined, or may alternatively comprise a spiral shaped protrusion defining a corresponding recess sized to receive the spiral shaped protrusion of the corresponding wooden segment to be joined.