Patent ID: 7384675

Claim:
Diagonal laminated veneer lumber having a plurality of layers of veneer ( 2 ′ a ) laminated together by adhesive into a board having a length and a width, wherein each of said layers of veneer ( 2 ′ a ) has a plurality of substantially parallelogram-shaped veneer sheets ( 1 ′ a ) each having two opposite sides which extend substantially along the wood grain of the veneer and also having a plurality of veneer pieces which are joined together in the direction of wood grain of the veneer thereby to form said parallelogram-shaped veneer sheet ( 1 ′ a ), said parallelogram-shaped veneer sheets ( 1 ′ a ) are laid or joined successively with two adjacent sides of any two adjacent parallelogram-shaped veneer sheets ( 1 ′ a ) set in abutment with each other thereby to from said layers of veneer ( 2 ′ a ), said two adjacent sides being said sides extending substantially along the wood grain of the veneer, and any two adjacent layers of veneer ( 2 ′ a ) are disposed in said diagonal laminated veneer lumber with the wood grain thereof oriented diagonally in opposite directions at an angle between 30° and 60° with respect to the length of the diagonal laminated veneer lumber.