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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Edward Terry, Rockmart, GA (US);
Martin G Hoskins, Brunswick, GA (US);
Connie Hensler, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Assignee:
Interface, Inc., LaGrange, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427513 ; 427519 ; 427520 ;
Abstract
A water absorptive material comprising a fibrous substrate impregnated with a water absorptive, water insoluble polymer, wherein the polymer is intertwined and interlocked with fibers of the fibrous substrate, and the use of such water absorptive material to form a water control zone to prevent water egress from the water control zone into adjacent ground or water ingress into the water control zone from adjacent ground.