Structural column and method of manufacture

摘要

A structural column (10) for use in the assembly of a framework (12) for a building (14) includes an outer member (16) constructed from a plurality of very thin sheets of wood material laminated together, and an inner member (18) also constructed from a plurality of very thin sheets of wooden material laminated together. Outer member (16) is composed of two substantially identical, preformed halves (20) bonded together along their longitudinal marginal shoulder portions (22) to form a closed cross-sectional shape. Correspondingly inner member 18 is constructed from two substantially identical, preformed halves 30 bonded together along their longitudinal marginal shoulder portions (31) to form a closed cross-sectional shape snugly fitting within the hollow interior of outer member (16). The marginal shoulder portions (22) and (31) may be arcuate to form rounded corners with the marginal shoulder portion of the other half of the corresponding outer and inner members, or the shoulder portions may be planar and disposed diagonally to the adjacent sections of the outer and inner members to cooperatively form a continuous, planar, diagonal corner with the shoulder portion of the corresponding opposite outer or inner member.