Patent ID: 6550202
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
A building slab mountable on a bearing structure and capable of withstanding a load, said slab comprising:a base structure comprising a plurality of parallel planks of rectangular cross section joined together with at least one of nails and screws, said planks of rectangular cross section having their longitudinal axis parallel to a plane of said slab, and being offset alternately from one another perpendicularly to said plane of said slab, said planks being offset alternately by a distance of between half and two-thirds of their width; and said base structure being covered, over at least an entire surface to receive the load, with a continuous panel extending across an entire width of said base structure, fixed at least against an upper surface of said planks of said base structure, and which allows the load exerted on said panel to be spread across several planks adjacent to those against which the load is directly exerted so that the load is spread along an axis perpendicular to said planks and parallel to a direction in which said planks are at least one of nailed and screwed together.