Composite structure of corncobs for use as insulating boards and method of making same

Claim 1

A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE COMPOSED OF CORN COBS, EACH HAVING A WIDE HEAD AND A NARROW FOOR WITH A TAPERING LENGTH THEREBETWEEN, SAID STRUCTURE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE LAYER OF CORN COBS LYING WITH THEIR LONGITUDINAL AXES IN A CONTINUOUS LINE IN A PLURALITY OF ADJACENT ROWS, THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF SAID ROWS BEING PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, AND THE TOTALS OF THE WIDTHS OF ANY TWO IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT ROWS OF CORN COBS MEASURED IN THE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION RELATIVE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXES THEREOF BEING APPROXIMATELY EQUAL ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID ANY TWO ADJACENT ROWS, BRACING WIRES EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF SAID ROWS OF CORN COBS AND TRANSVERSELY SPACED RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER BY APPROXIMATELY THE LENGTH OF ONE HALF A CORN COB LENGTH, EACH SAID BRACING WIRE EXTENDING IN A LINEAR PATH AND IN CONTACT WITH EACH TRANSVERSELY ADJACENT CORN COB IN ALL OF SAID ROWS, AND TYING WIRES CESURING SAID COBS TO SAID BRACING WIRES.