Patent ID: 8017212

Claim:
A paper honeycomb core composite panel, comprising: a face plate; a bottom plate; a paper honeycomb core sandwiched between the faceplate and the bottom plate; a plurality of interior spacers disposed between the face plate and the bottom plate, the plurality of interior spacers including corner spacers enwrapping corners of the paper honeycomb core and lateral edge spacers enwrapping lateral edges of the paper honeycomb core; wherein each of the corner spacers is surrounded by two lateral edge spacers and each of the lateral edge spacers is surrounded by two corner spacers; and an edge sealing band having a “T”-shaped cross-section, wherein a horizontal bar of the “T” is arc-shaped, and a vertical bar of the “T” is adapted to be a plug; wherein the plurality of interior spacers has grooves for receiving the plug and holding the edge sealing band.