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Claim 1

AN IMPROVED STRUCTURAL MEMBER COMPRISING WOOD AND CERAMIC TILE IN COMBINATION, AND HAVING ENHANCED LOAD BEARING CAPACITY, WEAR RESISTANCE, AND IMPACT RESISTANCE, SAID MEMBER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF WOODEN PIECES ALIGNED IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP SO AS TO LEAVE SPACES THEREBETWEEN; MEANS ADJACENT ONE SURFACE OF SAID WOODEN PIECES FOR SUPPORTING SAID PIECES AND MAINTAINING THEM IN ALIGNED SPACED RELATIONSHIP; A CURRENT EPOXY RESIN MORTAR BED COVERING A SECOND SURFACE OF SAID WOODEN PIECES AND EXTENDING INTO AND FILLING THE SPACES THEREBETWEEN; AND A PLURALITY OF CERAMIC TILE PIECES SET IN SAID CURED EPOXY RESIN MORTAR BED IN SPACED EDGE TO EDGE RELATIONSHIP AND BONDED TO THE WOODEN PIECES THEREBY; SAID CERAMIC TILE PIECES HAVING GROUT BETWEEN THEIR EDGES; SAID CURED EPOXY RESIN MORTAR BED BEING FORMED BY CURING AN EPOXY RESIN ADHESIVE COMPOSITION WHICH COMPRISES A RESINOUS EPOXIDE CHARACTERIZED BY A REACTIVE -(OXIRAN-2,3-YLENE)GROUP; BETWEEN ABOUT 5 AND 400 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, BASED UPON THE WEIGHT OF RESINOUS EPOXIDE, OF AN INERT, FINELY DIVIDED FILLER HAVING AN AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE RANGING BETWEEN ABOUT 5 AND 500 MESH; AND AN EPOXY RESIN HARDENER CAPABLE OF ENTERING INTO A CROSS-LINKING REACTION WITH THE RESINUOUS EPOXIDE TO AND HARDEN THE SAME; SAID CURED EPOXY RESIN MORTAR BED HAVING A COMPRESSIVE STRESS OF AT LEAST 3000 P.S.I.; AN ELASTIC MODULUS OF AT LEAST 0.05X10**6; A TENSILE STRENGTH AT LEAST 1/5 OF COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND BEING SUBSTANTIALLY NON-SHRINKING; AND FORMING A BOND BETWEEN THE WOODEN BOARDS AND THE CERAMIC TILE WHICH HAS A STRENGTH IN EXCESS OF 400 P.S.I. MEASURED AS SHEAR.