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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Qinglin Wu, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Inventor:
Qinglin Wu, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 13/08 (2006.01); C08L 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 13/08 (2013.01); C08L 1/02 (2013.01); C08L 2201/02 (2013.01); C08L 2205/025 (2013.01); C08L 2205/03 (2013.01); C08L 2205/035 (2013.01); C08L 2205/16 (2013.01); C08L 2207/062 (2013.01); C08L 2207/066 (2013.01); C08L 2207/20 (2013.01); Y10T 428/23921 (2015.04);
Abstract
An artificial turf system has polymeric turf fibers resembling grass, and infill particles interspersed among said turf fibers. At least some of the infill comprises synthetic composite particles containing a thermoplastic polymer and cellulosic fibers, in which thermoplastic polymer is a matrix that binds together the other components of each synthetic particle into a composite particle.