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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:
Mar. 31, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward J Ellison, Oakland, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
47-101 ; 47 56 ; 47 87 ;
Abstract
A method for conserving water in lawn maintenance is described. According to the method, a layer of of a water-absorbent, nonbiodegradable material is provided between the ground and a layer of sod. This absorbent layer retains water which may be reached by the roots of the plants in the sod layer. This layer may also be used to retain lawn chemicals. The lawn produced by the foregoing method is also described.