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US 9,551,113 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for constructing a parking lot
AssigneePolivka Parking Solutions LLC
InventorAndrew Basil Polivka
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Abstract
A land area can be improved to support a geotextile having nonwoven top and bottom layers, and a geogrid core. The top layer defining at least one parking space, such that land areas of various sizes can be covered to form parking lots with rain-draining features.
Claims15
A method of constructing a vehicle parking lot on a land area having a ground surface, the method comprising:
- providing an aggregate layer directly atop the existing ground surface of the land area;
- providing a sand layer directly atop the aggregate layer;
- providing a composite drainage material through which water drains, the composite drainage material comprising a nonwoven polyester top layer, a geogrid core, and a nonwoven polypropylene bottom layer;
- wherein the top layer delineates at least one parking surface;
- covering the land area with the composite drainage material by placing rolls of the composite drainage material adjacent one another atop the sand layer;
- unrolling the rolls of the composite drainage material so that longitudinal edges of adjacent rolls adjoin one another;
- overlapping at least a portion of the longitudinal edges of the adjacent rolls to create a gapless and continuous surface of the composite drainage material so that the land area is underneath the composite drainage material, the bottom layer directly contacts the sand layer, and the top layer faces away from the sand layer and provides a surface on which automotive vehicles are parked, the composite drainage material directing water which contacts the top layer through the top layer, the geogrid core, and the bottom layer and into the sand layer for drainage through the sand layer and the aggregate layer into the land area covered by the composite drainage material.
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An apparatus for constructing a vehicle parking lot on a land area having a ground surface, the apparatus comprising:
- a composite drainage material through which water drains, the composite drainage material comprising a nonwoven polyester top layer, a geogrid core, and a nonwoven polypropylene bottom layer;
- wherein the top layer delineates at least one parking surface;
- an aggregate layer configured for placement directly atop the existing ground surface of the land area;
- a sand layer configured for placement directly atop the aggregate layer;
- the composite drainage material configured to cover the land area, when the aggregate and sand layers are in place atop the ground surface, so that the land area is underneath the composite drainage material and the composite drainage material is directly atop the sand layer, the bottom layer contacting the sand layer, and the top layer facing away from the land area and comprising a surface on which vehicles are parked,
- the composite drainage material directing water which contacts the top layer through the top layer, the geogrid core, and the bottom layer and into the sand layer for drainage through the sand layer and the aggregate layer into the land area covered by the composite drainage material;
- the composite drainage material being formed in rolls which are unrolled adjacent one another to cover the land, each of the rolls having longitudinal edges,
- at least a portion of the adjacent longitudinal edges of the rolls overlapping to form a continuous and gapless surface of the composite drainage material so that the land area is underneath the composite drainage material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.