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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1997
Yoshio Ishikawa, Kishiwada, JP;
Hiroaki Fukumoto, Kitakatsuragi, JP;
Toshimasa Hirasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Hatado, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Taga, Tokyo, JP;
Kaoru Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
This invention provides a plant growth sheet structure which includes a base web layer and a core layer integrally coupled together in this order, a base web layer, a plant seed holding layer and a core layer integrally coupled together in this order, or a base web layer, a core layer, a plant seed holding layer and a cover web layer integrally coupled together in this order, and is provided at its surface with plant protection projections, and also provides a natural turf sheet structure including a natural turf grown on the plant growth sheet structure. This invention also provides a turf growing method in which a semi-artificial turf sheet structure including an artificial turf portion and a natural turf portion is laid over a concrete wall surface for performing hydroponics of the natural turf portion, and also provides a method of laying a turf sheet structure, in which a similar semi-artificial sheet structure is accommodated in an outdoor accommodating place for growing a natural turf portion, and is transferred to and laid in large-scale facilities on demand.