US 5,509,230 A · Lawn protecting method and elastic body for lawn protection

Abstract

The present invention relates to a lawn protecting method for preventing a lawn from being barren by stamping pressure, particularly relates to a lawn protecting method in golf courses, tennis courts, sports stadiums such as soccer fields and an elastic body for lawn protection used therefor. The present invention is a lawn protecting method comprising dispersing fragmental elastic bodies of not less than 0.0003 cm.sup.3 and not more than 5 cm.sup.3 in volume on a lawn or previously sowed soil, and cultivating turf. Moreover, an elastic body for lawn protection according to the present invention consists of rubber, synthetic resin or their sponge, its cross section is circular, oval, annular, spherical, polygonal and their amorphous shape, and its volume is 0.0003-5 cm.sup.3.

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Dependent claims

A method for protecting natural grass, particularly the root stem and node portions thereof, from destruction by walking, playing, or sliding thereon, comprising

(a) selecting a plot of established natural grass in need of protection and no artificial grass or artificial soil amendment, and
(b) dispersing on said plot fragmented elastic bodies having a volume of at least 0.003 cm.sup.3 and not more than 5 cm.sup.3 at a rate of about 0.2 kg/m.sup.2 to about 6 kg/m.sup.2 to protect said natural grass from destruction by walking, playing, or sliding thereon.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Lawn protecting method and elastic body for lawn protection

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Abstract

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