Carpet of vegetable matter
OwnerMichel C. Chamoulaudinventor
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Abstract
In the production of a carpet of grass or other vegetable matter, a compost made from wood bark which is crushed and gauged, is spread onto a substantially flat surface impermeable to plant roots, the compost being mixed with seed before, during, or after, application of the flat surface. The roots of the plants formed from the seed form a fabric embedded in the compost. The carpet thus formed may be easily detached from the flat surface.
Claims15
A transportable carpet sheet of grass, said carpet sheet comprising a thin layer of compost consisting essentially of finely crushed and gauged conifer bark the particles of which have a section of not more than 100 sq mm and a diameter of at least 1 mm, and grass having whole roots embedded into the compost to form a supporting fabric therein for the sheet, the sheet thickness being approximately 2 cm.
A process for producing a transportable carpet sheet of grass, said process comprising forming a compost consisting essentially of conifer bark which is finely crushed and gauged, and is composed of particles having a section of not more than 100 sq mm and a diameter of at least 1 mm;
- mixing the compost with grass seed;
- providing a substantially flat surface impermeable to plant roots;
- mechanically metering and spreading a thin layer of the compost mixed with seed on said surface;
- permitting growth of grass from the seed by watering, fertilizing and mowing until the roots of the grass form a fabric embedded in the compost;
- and detaching the carpet thus formed from the said surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.