Novel wood bending method

Claim 1

A WOOD FORMING METHOD WHICH COMPRISES ASSEMBLING A STACKED BUNDLE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ADHESIVE-COATED ELONGATED WOODEN MEMBERS, SAID WOODEN MEMBERS HAVING A RELATIVELY SMALL CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA AND A CROSS-SECTION SHAPE SUCH THAT WHEN FITTED TOGETHER SAID MEMBERS FORM A SOLID MEMBER, THE ASSEMBLED BUNDLE COMPRISING SAID MEMBERS STACKED IN SUPERPOSED AND SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP AND HAVING ALL THE GRAIN IN SUBSTANTIALLY ONE DIRECTION AND BEING HELD TOGETHER AT A LOCATION AND THE WOODEN MEMBERS FITTED TOGETHER AT SAID LOCATION SUCH THAT THE ASSEMBLED BUNDLE AT SAID LOCATION HAS A SOLID CROSS-SECTION AND THE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE MEMBERS MAKING UP THE ASSEMBLED BUNDLE AT LOCATIONS REMOVED FROM THE AFORESAID LOCATION BEING DISPOSED SO THAT SAID MEMBERS ARE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER, STARTING AT THE AFORESAID LOCATION, PROGRESSIVELY FROM SAID LOCATION LENGTHWISE ALONG SAID BUNDLE, PRESSING AND FORMING THE ASSEMBLED BUNDLE INTO A DESIRED SHAPE UNDER CONDITIONS SUCH THAT THE MEMBERS COMPRISING SAID BUNDLE ARE FITTED TOGETHER TO FORM A SOLID UNITARY MEMBER WITH NO VOID SPACE BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS AND MAINTAINING THE ASSEMBLED, FITTED AND FORMED MEMBERS AND MAINTAINING THE SHAPE FOR A SUFFICIENT PERIOD OF TIME TO SUBSTANTIALLY PERMANENTLY SET THE MEMBERS THEREOF AND TO FORM A SINGLE SOLID MEMBER HAVING ALL THE GRAIN IN SUBSTANTIALLY ONE DIRECTION.