Patent ID: 6158189
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
A wooden structural beam and bridging assembly comprising:(a) a plurality of manufactured elongate wooden I-beams disposed in parallel and spaced apart relation,(b) each of said I-beams being of like construction and having continuous upper and lower flange sections and two aligned and spaced apart web sections disposed therebetween and which extend centrally along the length of said flanges so as to securely fasten the upper and lower flange sections together and to provide a rectangular opening of predetermined size which extends through a side of the I-beam at a predetermined location intermediate the ends of said I-beam;(c) each said I-beam further having a rectangular and open reinforcing frame constructed from at least four wooden pieces, said frame being securely disposed in said rectangular opening and being exteriorly dimensioned so that the height of said frame corresponds to the distance between the opposed inner faces of said upper and lower flange sections and the width of said frame is no less than the distance between said spaced apart web sections; and(d) at least one elongate wooden bridging element which extends transversely through and which is securely fastened to said rectangular and open reinforcing frame of adjacent I-beams.