Infill for use with synthetic turf and method and apparatus for producing same
AssigneeG2 Greenplay Organics, LLC
InventorsDomenic Carapella, Shine Balachandra MENON
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Abstract
An infill material for use with synthetic turf is made from coconut coir strands/filaments by a method which extracts the coir strands/filaments from the coconut and processes the coir strands/filaments to have a length between about 0.05 mm to about 30 mm. The processed coconut coir strands/filaments are water resistant as well as mold and fungus resistant and provide a synthetic turf system more similar to natural grass.
Claims20
An infill material for use with synthetic turf comprising:
- coconut coir strands/filaments having a length between about 0.05 mm to 3 cm.
An artificial turf system comprising:
- a synthetic mat from which synthetic grass blades project, and an infill layer comprising processed coconut coir strands/filaments having a length between about 0.05 mm to about 30 mm.
An artificial turf playing surface, comprising a synthetic mat having a substrate including synthetic grass blades having a bottom attached thereto, and an infill material comprising coconut coir strands/filaments cut to a length of between about 0.05 mm to about 30 mm and adapted to be enmeshed between the synthetic grass blades to form a thatch layer above the mat and at the bottom of the synthetic grass blades.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.