Patent ID: 6689447
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: E01C,Y10T

Abstract:
An artificial surface with integrated thermal regulation for sports and other uses comprising:a synthetic turf base including a flexible backing sheet adapted to be positioned on a support substrate; an infill layer of particulate material disposed upon a top surface of the flexible backing sheet, the particulate material being selected from at least one of a group of materials consisting of hard granules, resilient granules and a growth medium; a plurality of parallel rows of synthetic ribbons, representing blades of grass, projecting upwardly from the flexible backing sheet and through the infill layer; and a thermal-regulating means attached to the flexible backing sheet for controllably regulating a thermal condition of the synthetic turf base, the synthetic ribbons and the infill layer, the thermal-regulating means being disposed in direct contact with and buried by the infill layer.