Patent ID: 8875475

Claim:
A support beam comprising: a plurality of panels arranged side by side sandwich relation, each panel comprising: a core having a center portion, a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side, and a first outer layer in contact with the first side, a second outer layer in contact with the second side, a top support; and a bottom support generally parallel to the top support and separated from the top support by the plurality of panels; a bonding material between a major surface of at least one of the top support and/or the bottom support and at least one of the plurality of panels, the bonding material securing the at least one of the top support and/or the bottom support to the at least one of the plurality of panels; wherein at least one of the top support and/or the bottom support includes at least two laminate layers to form a support, the first laminate layer comprising fibers orientated at 0 degrees, 90 degrees and +45 degrees and the second laminate layer comprising fibers oriented at 0 degrees, 90 degrees and −45 degrees, wherein the resulting combined laminate layers comprise fibers oriented at 0 degrees, 90 degrees, +45 degrees and −45 degrees.