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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US);
Inventors:
Philipe Aldahir, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Derek Bass, Cartersville, GA (US);
Jim Burns, Rocky Face, GA (US);
Assignee:
Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 13/08 (2006.01); A41G 1/00 (2006.01); D04H 11/08 (2006.01); D05C 17/02 (2006.01); D06N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 13/08 (2013.01); D04H 11/08 (2013.01); D05C 17/023 (2013.01); D06N 7/0068 (2013.01); D10B 2505/202 (2013.01); Y10T 428/23979 (2015.04);
Abstract
Disclosed are artificial turfs having a nonwoven backing layer and a plurality of turf fibers extending through the nonwoven backing layer such that a face side portion of the turf fibers extends from the face side of the nonwoven backing layer and a back side portion of the turf fibers extends from the back side of the nonwoven backing layer, wherein at least a portion of the back side portion of turf fibers are bonded to themselves. Also disclosed herein are the methods of making the same.