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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Ten Cate Thiolon B.v., Nijverdal, NL;
Inventors:
Gerjan van Voorst, Nijverdal, NL;
Frank Pfeiffer, Nijverdal, NL;
Niels Gerhardus Kolkman, Nijverdal, NL;
Assignee:
Ten Cate Thiolon B.V., Nijverdal, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 13/08 (2006.01); D01D 5/253 (2006.01); D02G 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 13/08 (2013.01); D01D 5/253 (2013.01); D02G 3/444 (2013.01); D10B 2401/063 (2013.01); D10B 2505/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fibre for use in artificial turf has an elongate cross-sectional shape defining a first face and a second face that meet at side edges of the fibre. The first and second faces having respective first and second ridges that are offset with respect to each other, such that the cross-sectional shape is 2-fold rotationally symmetric with no reflectional symmetry. The fibre may be an extruded monofilament and shows improved resilience over symmetrical fibres of similar dimensions.