Patent ID: 6669396
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: E04B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
An assembly of at least two wooden structural members, comprising:said at least two wooden structural members confronting each other, at least one wooden structural member having a slot that opens toward another wooden structural member, a joint plate extending from said other wooden structural member into said slot, a connecting element having a shaft disposed through said joint plate and comprising at one end a boring portion for penetrating said at least one wooden structural member on both sides of said joint plate, means for preventing axial displacement of said connecting element within said at least one member, the means for preventing axial displacement being located on the shaft, and a portion of said connecting element, located at an intermediate postion along the shaft, is constructed and arranged to recieve chips created by penetration of any one of the group of said at least one wooden structural member, said other wooden structural member, and said joint plate by said boring portion.