Building including a roof manufactured with a plurality of composite wood boards each having alternating tongue and groove arrangements along pairs of edges

Abstract

A rectangular composite wood board includes along each of its long edges an alternating tongue and groove construction, the tongue being insertable into a similarly shaped groove. In one embodiment, each of the short edges of the board is in contact with a groove at one end and a tongue end at the other, and each of the long edges includes an equal number of tongues and grooves. In another embodiment, each of the long edges has a groove at each of its ends and the grooves are equal to or longer than the longitudinal length of a tongue.

1 . A building structure including a roof section therein, wherein said roof section includes at least two wood boards contributing to the formation of said roof section, wherein said at least two wood boards each individually comprise: 
 a first edge,    a second edge parallel to the first edge of the composite wood board, the first and second edges having contiguous sections of equal length, each section having a groove and a tongue compatible with the groove.    
   
   
       2 . The building structure of  claim 1  wherein the length of the first edge of said wood board is a multiple of the length of a section.  
   
   
       3 . The building structure of  claim 2 , wherein the length of the tongue in each section of said wood board measured in the longitudinal direction of an edge is less than or equal to the length of the grooves in each section.  
   
   
       4 . The building structure of  claim 3  wherein said wood board includes a third edge and a fourth edge parallel to the third edge.  
   
   
       5 . The building structure of  claim 2  wherein said wood board further includes a third edge which is substantially perpendicular to the first and second edges; a fourth edge which is substantially perpendicular to the first and second edges; the first edge having the grooves and tongues of the sections alternately disposed with a groove adjacent the third edge and a tongue adjacent the fourth edge; and the fourth edge having the grooves and tongues of the section alternately disposed with a tongue adjacent the third edge and groove adjacent the fourth edge.  
   
   
       6 . The building structure of  claim 5  wherein the length of the tongue in each section of said wood board measured in the longitudinal direction of an edge is less than or equal to the longest of the grooves in each section.  
   
   
       7 . The building structure of  claim 6  wherein the multiple of the length of the first edge of said wood board is at least 6.  
   
   
       8 . The building structure of  claim 6  wherein the distance between the third and fourth edges of said wood board is substantially eight feet.  
   
   
       9 . The building structure of  claim 6  wherein said wood board is an oriented strand board.  
   
   
       10 . A method of constructing a roof section of a building structure comprising the steps of: 
 a) providing a plurality of wood boards, wherein each said wood board comprises: 
 a first edge, and  
 a second edge parallel to the first edge of the composite wood board, the first and second edges having contiguous sections of equal length, each section having a groove and a tongue compatible with the groove;  
   b) arranging said plurality of wood boards of step “a” in a configuration with each other such that each wood board connects to an adjacent wood board in relation to said compatible tongue and groove such that each connected wood board contributes both a tongue and a groove to the connection made between said adjacent wood boards.