Artificial turf with shielded water absorber layer
AssigneeAstro Turf Corporation
InventorsStephan SICK, Dario GROCHLA, Todd DEWOLFE, Benoit PINTAT, Dominick BERARDUCCI, Robert MITCHEL
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Abstract
The invention relates to an artificial turf (100, 200) that provides an infill layer including a water absorber layer (106) and a performance layer (104), where the performance layer is on top of the water absorber layer and shields the water absorber layer from sunlight, and where the water absorber layer is adapted to serve as water reservoir layer and includes a porous, water-absorbent material.
Claims20
An artificial turf comprising:
- an infill layer, the infill layer including:
- a water absorber layer adapted to serve as water reservoir layer, the water absorber layer comprising porous, water-absorbent material;
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- a performance layer, the performance layer on top of the water absorber layer and shielding the water absorber layer from sunlight.
The artificial turf of claim 6, wherein the particles are the zeolite particles, and the zeolite particles comprise clinoptilolite.
A method for installing an artificial turf, the method comprising:
- placing an artificial turf backing on a ground, the backing carrying artificial turf fibers;
- applying a water absorber layer on top of the backing, the water absorber layer being adapted to serve as water reservoir layer and comprising or consisting of water-absorbent material;
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- applying a performance infill layer on top of the water absorber layer such that performance infill layer shields the water absorber layer from sunlight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.