Patent ID: 7955194
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: A41G,A63B,D05C,E01C

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacture of a golf mat providing initial resistance, followed by secondary resistance resisting bottoming out, to a golf club head impacting the mat, the method comprising: (a) providing a mat backing suitable for receiving fiber tufts, (b) tufting into the backing a plurality of groups of fibers, wherein each group includes: (d) cutting the first and second fibers and releasing them from a sewing machine to extend from the backing to a cut end, (e) permitting the first fibers to retract into their pre-stressed non-linear shape and to overlap to form a mesh of fibers resembling natural grass thatch at a level below that of the second fibers extending above the mesh, wherein the second fibers provide initial resistance to a golf club head impacting the mat, and the first fibers provide secondary resistance to a golf club head reducing shock and resisting bottoming out, and wherein the second fibers extend from the backing a second height, wherein the second height is in the range of ⅞ to 3 inches, and the curlicued fibers extend from the backing a first height, wherein the first height is in the range of ⅝ to 2 inches.