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US 12,006,641 B2Granted
Synthetic turf putting green product and method
OwnerBradford Dale Churchinventor
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Abstract
A synthetic turf putting green includes a backing, tufts of yarn, and one or more fabric, fiber or foam padding material having the tufts of yarn stitched therein. A liquid may be added to and absorbed by the fabric, fiber or foam pad or pads to produce an additional shock absorbing affect such that the bounce of a golf ball mimics the bounce on a natural/real grass putting green.
Claims7
A synthetic turf putting green, comprising:
- a first layer of moisture absorbing and shock absorbing material, wherein the first layer comprises at least one foam pad it combination with an oil applied to the at least one foam pad;
- a second layer comprising a backing material attached underneath the first layer;
- tufts of yarn extending from the backing material and through the first layer of moisture absorbing and shock absorbing material, wherein the tufts of yarn form a putting green surface;
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- a third layer comprising an open cell foam pad below the first layer of moisture absorbing and shock absorbing material and underneath the second layer of backing material, wherein the open cell foam pad is separate from the tufts of yarn;
- wherein the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer form at least a three layer synthetic turf with the at least one foam pad being the top layer, the backing material being the middle layer, and the open cell foam pad being the bottom layer, and with the tufts of yarn extending from the middle layer through the top layer.
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A method of making a synthetic turf putting green comprising the steps of:
- affixing tufts of yarn to a yarn backing material;
- attaching the yarn backing material underneath a foam pad having moisture absorbing properties;
- extending the tufts of yarn through the foam pad;
- applying oil to the foam pad to create a shock absorbing material comprising in combination the foam pad and the oil;
- placing an open cell foam pad, separate from the tufts of yarn, beneath the foam pad and the yarn backing material to form a three layer synthetic turf with the foam pad being the top layer, the yarn backing material being the middle layer, and the open cell foam pad being the bottom layer, and with the tufts of yarn extending from the middle layer through the to layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.