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US 12,594,485 B2Granted
Vermin-resistant bocce court
OwnerPhilip Parkinventor
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Abstract
A low-maintenance bocce court surface comprising a concrete slab layer including an integrated drainage system with drain inlets, a modular suspended surface layer disposed over the concrete slab layer, a filter fabric layer disposed over the modular suspended surface layer, and a surface layer disposed over the filter fabric layer, wherein the drainage system is configured to drain water collected in the modular suspended surface layer to a location external to the bocce court, and a method of manufacturing the bocce ball court.
Claims20
A bocce court, comprising:
- a concrete slab layer including a drainage system with drain inlets;
- a modular suspended surface layer disposed over the concrete slab layer;
- a filter fabric layer disposed over the modular suspended surface layer;
- and
- a surface layer disposed over the filter fabric layer;
- wherein the drainage system includes a plurality of vertical pipes extending through the concrete slab layer, and wherein the drainage system is configured to drain water collected in the modular suspended surface layer to a location external to the bocce court.
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A method of manufacturing a bocce court, the method comprising:
- providing a concrete slab layer;
- disposing a modular suspended surface layer over the concrete slab layer;
- disposing a filter fabric layer over the modular suspended surface layer;
- disposing a surface layer over the filter fabric layer;
- and
- providing a drainage system proximal to or within the concrete slab layer, wherein the drainage system includes a plurality of vertical pipes extending through the concrete slab layer, and wherein the drainage system is configured to drain water collected in the modular suspended surface layer to a location external to the bocce court.
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A bocce court, comprising:
- a concrete slab layer including an integrated drainage system with drain inlets;
- a modular suspended surface layer disposed over the concrete slab layer, wherein the modular suspended surface layer comprises a porous plastic material;
- a filter fabric layer disposed over the modular suspended surface layer;
- and
- a surface layer disposed over the filter fabric layer;
- wherein the integrated drainage system is configured to drain water collected in the modular suspended surface layer to a location external to the bocce court.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.