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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2008
Osamu Mito, Osaka, JP;
Kazuya Matsumura, Osaka, JP;
Koji Sasaki, Osaka, JP;
Takenobu Okumura, Tottori, JP;
Shigeto Matsumoto, Echizen, JP;
Makoto Maeda, Echizen, JP;
Osamu Mito, Osaka, JP;
Kazuya Matsumura, Osaka, JP;
Koji Sasaki, Osaka, JP;
Takenobu Okumura, Tottori, JP;
Shigeto Matsumoto, Echizen, JP;
Makoto Maeda, Echizen, JP;
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Mitsukawa & Co., Ltd., Fukui, JP;
Abstract
A sand drift prevention method in which a plurality of columnar sandbags made of a tubular knit fabric are placed so as to cross over one another, and in such a pitch that 3 to 30 sandbags are disposed for every ten meters, and in which the cross-sectional area of each of the columnar sandbags is 10 to 400 cm. A method of forming and improving the vegetation in sandy soil in which drift of sand is prevented by the sand drift prevention method, a plant desired to grow is grown in the sandy soil surface exposed as being surrounded by columnar sandbags placed so as to cross over one another. A tubular knit fabric for a columnar sandbag employed in these methods, and, in particular, the tubular knit fabric knitted by use of a polylactic-acid fiber.