Patent ID: 6746752
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: B32B,E01C,Y10T

Abstract:
A synthetic grass assembly for installation on a supporting substrate, the assembly comprising:a pile fabric with a flexible sheet backing and a plurality of upstanding synthetic ribbons of a selected length, the ribbons extending upwardly from an upper surface of the backing; an infill layer of particulate material disposed interstitially between the upstanding ribbons upon the upper surface of the backing and of a depth less than the length of the ribbons, the particulate material selected from the group consisting of hard and resilient granules, wherein the infill layer comprises: a bottom course of intermixed hard and resilient granules of substantially identical size distribution, disposed upon the top surface of the backing; and a top course substantially exclusively of resilient granules disposed upon the bottom course, an upper portion of the synthetic ribbons extending upwardly from a top surface of the top course.