Patent ID: 7387823

Claim:
A pre-formed synthetic turf module including: a base tray including a peripheral wall that defines enclosed space accessible from above said base tray, said enclosed space for retaining a flexible backing sheet and granular infill material therein; an outwardly protruding lip extending away from a lower portion of said peripheral wall; said flexible backing sheet tufted with a plurality of synthetic ribbons extending upwards of the backing sheet to represent grass blades; and said granular media infill material disposed on the backing sheet in the voids between the ribbons; said base tray supporting said tufted backing sheet and said granular infill material such that said module is adapted to be installed side-by-side with one or more similar modules so as to form a media-filled synthetic turf surface, said lip defining a space thereabove for retaining granular media infill material between the peripheral walls of two adjacent modules when said two adjacent modules are installed side-by-side.