Patent ID: 8091297

Claim:
A building construction frame element comprising a wooden core, said wooden core being a single piece of wooden material having opposite first and second ends thereof each having a rectangular cross section, said rectangular cross-section defining two relatively longer sides and two relatively shorter sides extending between the longer sides, said rectangular cross-section having at least one channel spaced apart from the shorter sides and extending from each said longer side partially across the cross section towards the other said longer side and alongside a respective said shorter side transversely through the wooden core, each channel being filled with a heat insulating material and forming therewith a thermal break providing a barrier extending across a heat conductance path of the wooden core extending longitudinally through the wooden core in a direction extending from one said shorter side to the other said shorter side and impeding passage of heat therebetween within said cross section, said heat insulating material extending from each said longer side and forming each said longer side with said wooden core, said wooden core with said heat insulating material filled in each said channel integrally forming a structural member of the frame element, said channels overlapping one another in said direction to provide the thermal break across the stud.