Patent ID: 8555601

Claim:
A timber support for the construction industry, the support comprising: a wooden top girder, said top girder having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first side flank, a second side flank and a front surface; a wooden bottom girder, said bottom girder having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first side flank, a second side flank and a front surface; a wooden joining element, said joining element having an upper surface cooperating with said lower surface of said top girder, a lower surface cooperating with said upper surface of said bottom girder, a first side flank, a second side flank and a front surface, wherein said first side flank, said second side flank and said front surface of said joining element each extend from said lower surface of said top girder to said upper surface of said bottom girder, said wooden joining element thereby being disposed between and connecting together said top girder and said bottom girder, wherein said front surface of said top girder and said front surface of said bottom girder each protrude longitudinally past said front surface of said joining element; a top girder end protection cap, said top girder end protection cap covering said front surface of said top and girder, said to girder end protection cap having at least one top fastening bracket that contacts and covers portions of at least one of said first and said second side flanks of said joining element, said top girder end protection cap further comprising top fastening means, said top fastening means directly connecting said to fastening bracket to at least one of said first and said second side flanks of said joining element; and a bottom girder end protection cap, said bottom girder end protection cap covering said front surface of said bottom girder, said bottom girder end protection cap having at least one bottom fastening bracket that contacts and covers portions of at least one of said first and said second side flanks of said joining element, said bottom girder end protection cap further comprising bottom fastening means. said bottom fastening means directly connecting said bottom fastening bracket to at least one of said first and said second side flanks of said joining element.