Patent ID: 11939730
Assignee: TEN CATE THIOLON B.V.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  E | IPC D  E

Claim 19:
20. A fibre for use in artificial turf, the fibre having an elongate cross-sectional shape defining a first face and a second face that meet at side edges of the fibre, the first and second faces having respective first and second ridges that are offset with respect to each other,
wherein extremities of the side edges and extremities of the first and second ridges form a parallelogram and the first and second faces have concave portions such that surfaces of the fibre are displaced inwardly with respect to the surface of the parallelogram but no part of the first and second faces crosses a centre line extending between the side edges; and
wherein a maximum thickness of the fibre is determined based on the largest diameter circle that can fit within the cross-sectional shape and a ratio between the maximum thickness of the fibre and a length of the centre line is between 0.25 and 0.6.