Patent ID: 11873717
Assignee: TENSAR CORPORATION, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC E  G | IPC E  G

Claim 13:
14. A polymer mesh for securing in a mine strata for skin control with bolts and associated steel plates, said polymer mesh comprising:
a plurality of polymer strands spaced from and substantially parallel with one another extending in a machine direction;
a plurality of polymer strands spaced from and substantially parallel with one another extending in a cross-machine direction and intersecting the plurality of machine direction polymer strands to create a mesh structure; and
at least one pair of substantially parallel solid bands having a length that extends in one of the machine and cross-machine directions, the pair of solid bands each being a band that includes a plurality of closely adjacent strands which together function as an uninterrupted single band, and being separated by a distance sized to accommodate a size of the associated steel plates such that at least two opposed sides of said plates rest on top of the bands.