Patent ID: 9688049
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: B32B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A building construction system, comprising: a plurality of elongated stackable building beams with a length, width, and height, each beam comprising a first end, a second end, a top side, a bottom side, a front side, and a back side; further wherein each beam has a length greater than its height, and its height is equal to or greater than its width; further wherein the front side, top side, bottom side, and back side join at right angles to form a rectangle in cross-section; further wherein each beam comprises three vertically stacked members of equal width extending along the length of the beam, said vertically stacked members comprising a bottom filler member permanently affixed to a central reinforcement member permanently affixed to a top filler member, wherein each member is rectangular in cross-section; further wherein the first end of each beam comprises a male connector and the second end of each beam comprises a female connector, wherein two beams are attachable end-to-end by insert of the male connector of one beam into the female connector of the other beam; further wherein at least one of said plurality of beams are positioned vertically-adjacent in a first vertical stack with said vertically adjacent beams attached by tongue-and-groove means; and wherein the to and bottom filler members are selected from the group consisting of wood, compressed wood, wood pulp, artificial material, and other material known in the art to be used in place of wood; and wherein the reinforcement member is a metal rod or tube.