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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard F Shannon, Lancaster, OH (US);
G Fred Willard, Newark, OH (US);
Assignee:
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G / ; C10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
47 74 ; 47 64 ; 47 87 ; 71 25 ;
Abstract
A plant growing medium has a fabricated fibrous product having a density below 4.5 pcf, and preferably below 3.0 pcf, as a root supporting structure. The product comprises a pack of fibers, the fibers having a three-dimensional orientation and at least some of the fibers being glass fibers, and binder binding the fibers to each other at substantially every place of fiber-to-fiber contact.