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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2011
Applicant:
John Rodgers, Hixson, TN (US);
Inventor:
John Rodgers, Hixson, TN (US);
Assignee:
Tarkett Inc., Quebec, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 13/08 (2006.01); A01G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 1/002 (2013.01); Y10S 428/92 (2013.01); Y10S 428/921 (2013.01);
Abstract
An artificial turf system that includes a plurality of pellets in an infill disposed on a backing material and between individual synthetic fibers extending away from the backing material, wherein the pellets are a fire retardant material, for example, a salt, and more particularly an inorganic salt, encapsulated in a water insoluble material.