Synthetic low-maintenance bocce court
OwnerPhilip Parkinventor
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Abstract
A synthetic, low maintenance bocce court with a surface comprising (a) a force-reduction layer comprising a open or closed cell foam material having a density with Shore A Durometer hardness of about 25 or more; (b) an embedding resin; (c) a bonding layer between the force reduction layer and the embedding resin, wherein the bonding layer comprises a non-woven mesh embedded in a polymer resin and, optionally, fused to a polymer wear layer; (d) elastomeric particles embedded in the embedding resin; and (e) a finish layer over the elastomeric particles and embedding resin; as well as a method of manufacturing same.
Claims22
A synthetic, low-maintenance bocce court with a surface comprising:
- (a) a force-reduction layer comprising a closed cell foam material having a density with Shore A Durometer hardness of about 25 or more;
- (b) an embedding resin;
- (c) a bonding layer between the force reduction layer and the embedding resin, wherein the bonding layer comprises a non-woven mesh embedded in a polymer resin and, optionally, fused to a polymer wear layer;
- (d) elastomeric particles embedded in the embedding resin;
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- (e) a finish layer over the elastomeric particles and embedding resin.
A method of manufacturing a bocce court, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a bonding layer over a force reduction layer, wherein the bonding layer comprises a non-woven mesh embedded in a polymer resin and fused to a polymer wear layer, and the force reduction layer comprises a open or closed cell foam having Shore A Durometer hardness of about 25 or more;
- (b) applying an embedding resin over the bonding layer;
- (c) embedding elastomeric particles in the embedding resin;
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- (d) applying a clear finish layer over the elastomeric particles.
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