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US 2025/0154733 A1Published application
Novel Artificial Turf and Methods of Making Same
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorsPhilipe Aldahir, Derek Bass, Jim Burns
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Abstract
Described are artificial turfs having a nonwoven backing layer and a plurality of turf fibers extending through the nonwoven backing layer such that a face side portion of the turf fibers extends from the face side of the nonwoven backing layer and a back side portion of the turf fibers extends from the back side of the nonwoven backing layer, wherein at least a portion of the back side portion of turf fibers are bonded to themselves. Also described herein are the methods of making the same.
Claims20
An artificial turf, comprising:
- a nonwoven backing layer having a face side and a back side, and
- a plurality of turf fibers extending through the nonwoven backing layer such that a face side portion of the turf fibers extends from the face side of the nonwoven backing layer and a back side portion of the turf fibers extends from the back side of the nonwoven backing layer,
- wherein at least a portion of the back side portion of turf fibers are bonded to themselves.
A method for manufacturing an artificial turf, comprising:
- inserting a plurality of turf fibers into a nonwoven backing layer having a face side and a back side such that the plurality of turf fibers extend through the nonwoven backing layer and a face side portion of the turf fibers extends from the face side of the nonwoven backing layer, and a back side portion of the turf fibers extends from the back side of the backing layer;
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- bonding at least a portion of the back side portion of turf fibers to themselves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.