IP Library Granted Patent US 7,501,360
Granted Patent B2
US 7,501,360 · App. 11/280,184 · Granted Mar 10, 2009

Pull mat

Assignee: Ten Cate Nicolon B.V.
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Patent No.
US 7,501,360
App. No.
11/280,184
Granted
Mar 10, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a pull mat for toadstool culture or tunnel composting, which pull mat comprises a fabric of warp and weft threads, wherein the fabric comprises at least one strip in longitudinal direction, which at least one strip has a higher tensile strength and lower stretch than the areas of the fabric adjacent to the at least one strip.

Claims (22)

1. A pull mat for a toadstool culture or tunnel composting, comprising:

a fabric of warp and weft threads,

at least one strip of the fabric having warp threads of a relatively higher tensile strength and a relatively lower stretch rate than adjacent portions of the fabric, the at least one strip woven in a uniform undulated distribution within adjacent portions of the fabric.

2. The pull mat of claim 1 , wherein the at least one strip includes mutually adjacent, straight warp threads.

3. The pull mat of claim 1 , wherein the at least one strip includes ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fibres.

4. A combination of the pull mat of claim 1 and a layer of nutrient substrate arranged on the pull mat.

5. The combination of claim 4 , wherein the nutrient substrate includes compost.

6. The pull mat of claim 2 , wherein the at least one strip includes ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fibres.

7. The pull mat of claim 1 , wherein the at least one strip includes ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fibres.

8. A combination of the pull mat of claim 2 and a layer of nutrient substrate arranged on the pull mat.

9. A combination of the pull mat of claim 1 and a layer of nutrient substrate arranged on the pull mat.

10. A combination of the pull mat of claim 3 and a layer of nutrient substrate arranged on the pull mat.

11. The pull mat of claim 1 , wherein the least one strip forms a pull-belt.

12. The pull mat of claim 1 , wherein the at least one strip is enclosed by surrounding first fabric areas.

13. The pull mat of claim 1 , wherein the at least one strip of the fabric includes two strips along parallel opposite sides of the mat.

14. The pull mat of claim 1 , wherein the at least one strip of the fabric includes at least one strip of fabric having warp threads of a relatively lower tensile strength than adjacent portions of the fabric.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

a pull mat having a fabric of warp and weft threads, at least one strip of the fabric having a relatively higher tensile strength and relatively lower stretch rate than adjacent portions of the first fabric, the at least one strip woven in a uniform undulated distribution within adjacent portions of the fabric.

16. A pull mat for a toadstool culture or tunnel composting comprising:

a fabric of warp and weft threads, the warp threads including a first type of a relatively higher tensile strength and a relatively lower stretch rate than adjacent portions of the fabric and a second type of a relatively lower tensile strength than adjacent portions of the fabric.

17. The pull mat of claim 16 , wherein the at least one strip forms a pull-belt.

18. The pull mat of claim 16 , wherein the at least one strip is enclosed by surrounding fabric areas.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 5, 2016
From: TEN CATE NICOLON B.V.
To: TENCATE GEOSYNTHETICS NETHERLANDS B.V.
Reel/Frame 038362/0087 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2008
From: HEEZEN, JAN-WILLEM; WOESTMAN, THEODORUS ALOYSIUS
To: TEN CATE NICOLON B.V.
Reel/Frame 021999/0969 →
Continuity (1)
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