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US 9,435,083 B2Granted
Special coatings and infill for artificial turf
AssigneeTurf Group LLC
InventorsSean Allen Packer, Alfred Abraham Brenner, Harold Brad Rinehart
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Abstract
An artificial turf surface comprised of natural looking fibrous materials can be infilled with small beads of black crumb rubber coated with heat reflecting material. These beads can also be engineered to have a variable spring force and can also be coated with titanium dioxide powder to have an anti-bacterial effect and laumontite to bind lead. Turf blades can also be coated to increase solar reflection.
Claims6
A solar reflecting artificial turf comprising:
- artificial turf material with infill material, said infill material comprising beads made of coated black crumb rubber (BCR), said BCR being coated with a solar reflective material and diatomaceous earth as a spring force control material, and wherein said coated beads are also coated with an anti-microbial material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.