Patent ID: 6666617
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: E01C,E04H

Abstract:
A method of constructing a temporary automotive vehicle parking lot on a land area, said method comprising the steps of:providing a composite drainage material through which water drains, the composite drainage material comprising a polymeric open mesh core between first and second layers of a non-woven geo-textile fabric; covering the land area with the composite drainage material by placing rolls of the composite drainage material adjacent one another to form the temporary automotive parking lot; unrolling the rolls of the composite drainage material over the land area so that longitudinal edge portions of adjacent rolls adjoin one another; overlapping a portion of the longitudinal edge portions of the adjacent rolls; and securing the overlapped portions of the longitudinal edge portions of adjacent rolls to each other and not to the land area to create a gapless and continuous surface of the composite drainage material with at least the majority of the land area lying underneath the composite drainage material, the first layer of each of the rolls contacting the land area, the second layer of each of the rolls facing away from the land area and providing the gapless and continuous surface on which automotive vehicles are parked; the composite drainage material directing water which contacts the second layer through the first layer, through the core between the layers, and into the land area covered by the composite drainage material.