Patent ID: 7806155

Claim:
A process for forming a furniture component comprising: removing bark from a log; cutting said log to a desired length; planing said log to a desired shape; cutting a longitudinal slot towards a center of said log and along a length of said log; forming a generally V-shaped notch by drying said log to a desired moisture content; charring said log to a desired coloration; bathing said log in a protective solution; drying said log; applying a varnish to said log; drilling a series of holes through said V-shaped notch in said log in desired location; forming a first hole into an end of another wooden log; forming a second hole in said another wooden log such that said second hole intersects said first hole; installing a bolt through the drilled hole such that said bolt extends through the formed first hole in said another log; passing a nut through the formed second hole in said another log; and fastening said nut to said bolt so as to secure said log to said another wooden log.