Patent ID: 6722093
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: B32B,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
A bamboo tile for covering a structure wall and presenting a natural surface texture of a longitudinal section of a bamboo stem with at least one node, said section defining generally cylindrical outside and inside surfaces and a generally central axis, said section being axially split into a plurality of sequential and adjacent generally elongated sectors, each of said sectors having a generally parallelepiped-shaped configuration and defining a sector first main surface, a sector second main surface, a sector first auxiliary surface, an opposed sector second auxiliary surface, a sector first side surface, an opposed sector second side surface and a sector longitudinal axis, said bamboo tile comprising:a first layer defining opposed generally planar internal and external surfaces, said first layer being formed by said elongated sectors sequentially disposed in generally parallel relationship relative to each other with said sector first auxiliary surface of each sector being in abutment contact with said sector second auxiliary surface of an adjacent sector, said external surface being formed by said sector first main surfaces of said sectors positioned to integrally reproduce the natural texture of said outside cylindrical surface of said bamboo stem section developed into said generally planar external surface, each of said sectors defining at least one through bore extending from said sector first auxiliary surface to said sector second auxiliary surface, said through bores of said adjacent sectors being substantially in register with each other; a retaining wire inserted into said through bores of said successive sectors to maintain said sectors in said sequential relationship relative to each other so as to allow said generally planar external surface to integrally reproduce the natural texture of the outside cylindrical surface of the bamboo stem section developed thereinto.