US 12,330,405 B2
Bamboo-hybrid structural panels and structural section
Nicholas Taylor Allan, Santa Rosa, CA (US); and William H. Hinkle, Geyserville, CA (US)
Assigned to Global Bamboo Technologies Inc., Ocala, FL (US)
Appl. No. 18/007,467
Filed by Global Bamboo Technologies Inc., Windsor, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/044014
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/026898, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/059,464, filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271399 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. B32B 3/14 (2006.01); B32B 3/18 (2006.01); B32B 7/03 (2019.01); B32B 21/04 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 3/18 (2013.01) [B32B 7/03 (2019.01); B32B 21/042 (2013.01); B32B 37/1284 (2013.01); B32B 3/14 (2013.01); B32B 2260/026 (2013.01); B32B 2307/712 (2013.01); B32B 2307/732 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structural panel having a plurality of adhered layers, the structural panel comprising:
a plurality of bamboo layers, each comprising a plurality of joined bamboo sections; and
at least one non-bamboo layer disposed between bamboo layers of the plurality of bamboo layers,
wherein at least two bamboo layers of the plurality of bamboo layers are spaced apart on opposite sides of a neutral plane extending through the structural panel and parallel to the plurality of bamboo layers.