Woven artificial turf
An artificial turf system ( 15 ) comprising a pile fabric having a plurality of backing yarns ( 18 - 19, 48 - 51 ) woven with at least one pile yarn ( 20 - 23 ) to form a backing layer ( 16 ) and a plurality of upstanding synthetic ribbons ( 24 - 31 ), representing blades of grass, extending upwardly from an upper surface ( 17 ) of the backing layer, an infill layer ( 38 ) of particulate material disposed interstitially between the upstanding ribbons and upon the backing layer, and the upstanding ribbons extending above an upper surface ( 39 ) of the infill layer and having a length ( 41 ) from the upper surface of the backing layer of greater than one inch. The synthetic surface may comprise a pile fabric having a plurality of backing yarns woven with a plurality of pile yarns to form a backing layer and a plurality of upstanding synthetic ribbons, representing blades of grass, extending upwardly from an upper surface of the backing layer, the plurality of ribbons comprising ribbons of a first type and ribbons of a second type.
1 . A synthetic surface comprising:
a pile fabric having a plurality of backing yarns woven with at least one pile yarn to form a backing layer and a plurality of upstanding synthetic ribbons, representing blades of grass, extending upwardly from an upper surface of said backing layer;
an infill layer of particulate material disposed interstitially between said upstanding ribbons and upon said backing layer; and
said upstanding ribbons extending above an upper surface of said infill layer and having a length from said upper surface of said backing layer of greater than one inch.
2 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 1 , wherein said particulate material is selected from a group consisting of hard and resilient granules.
3 . A synthetic surface comprising;
a pile fabric having a plurality of backing yarns woven with a plurality of pile yarns to form a backing layer and a plurality of upstanding synthetic ribbons, representing blades of grass, extending upwardly from an upper surface of said backing layer;
said plurality of ribbons comprising ribbons of a first type and ribbons of a second type.
4 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said ribbons of said first type have a first length above said upper surface of said backing and said ribbons of said second type having a second length above said upper surface less than said first length.
5 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said ribbons of said first type and said ribbons of said second type are selected from a group consisting of multifilament ribbons, fibrillated ribbons, cut ribbons, looped ribbons, texturized ribbons, non-texturized ribbons, long pile ribbons, and short pile ribbons.
6 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said ribbons of said first type comprise non-texturized, cut, long pile, multifilament ribbons and said ribbons of said second type comprise texturized, cut, short pile, multifilament ribbons.
7 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said ribbons of said first type comprise non-texturized, cut, long pile, multifilament ribbons and said ribbons of said second type comprise non-texturized, looped, short pile, fibrillated ribbons.
8 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said ribbons of said first type comprise non-texturized, cut, long pile, multifilament ribbons and said ribbons of said second type comprise non-texturized, cut, short pile, fibrillated ribbons.
9 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said ribbons of said first type comprise non-texturized, cut, long pile, fibrillated ribbons and said ribbons of said second type comprise texturized, cut, short pile, multifilament ribbons.
10 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said ribbons of said first type comprise non-texturized, cut, long pile, fibrillated ribbons and said ribbons of said second type comprise non-texturized, looped, short pile, fibrillated ribbons.
11 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said ribbons of said first type comprise non-texturized, cut, long pile, fibrillated ribbons and said ribbons of said second type comprise non-texturized, cut, short pile, fibrillated ribbon.
12 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said ribbons of said first type comprise non-texturized, looped, long pile, multifilament ribbons and said ribbons of said second type comprise texturized, looped, short pile, multifilament ribbons.
13 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said ribbons of said first type comprise non-texturized, cut, long pile, fibrillated ribbons and said ribbons of said second type comprise texturized, looped, short pile, multifilament ribbons.
14 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said ribbons of said first type and said ribbons of said second type form a pattern.
15 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 14 , wherein said pattern is selected from a group consisting of line markings, end-zone markings, field markings, team markings, and advertisements.
16 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said surface is an artificial turf playing field and said ribbons of said first type and said ribbons of said second type are woven to provide a change in texture from a first portion of said playing field to a second portion of said playing field.
17 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 16 , wherein said playing field is a baseball field and said second portion of said playing field is a warning track.
18 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said surface further comprises an infill layer of particulate material disposed interstitially between said upstanding ribbons and upon said backing layer and said upstanding ribbons extending above an upper surface of said infill layer.
19 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said pile yarns comprise a pile yarn having a first color and a pile yarn having a second color and said ribbons of said first type comprise said first color and said ribbons of said second type comprise said second color.
20 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 3 , wherein said ribbons of said first type have a first width and said ribbons of said second type have a second width that is different from said first width.
21 . A synthetic surface comprising:
a pile fabric having a plurality of backing yarns woven with a plurality of pile yarns to form a backing layer and a plurality of upstanding synthetic ribbons, representing blades of grass, extending upwardly from an upper surface of said backing layer;
said pile yarns comprising a first yarn of a first color and a second yarn of a second color;
whereby said upstanding ribbons comprise a plurality of ribbons of said first color and a plurality of ribbons of said second color.
22 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 21 , and further comprising a pile yarn of a third color, whereby said upstanding ribbons comprise a plurality of ribbons of said third color.
23 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 21 , wherein surface is a playing field and said first color is a general background color and said second and third colors form a pattern in said playing field.
24 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 23 , wherein said pattern is selected from a group consisting of line markings, end-zone markings, field markings, team markings, and advertisements.
25 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 21 , wherein said plurality of pile yarns comprise between four and sixteen yarns and each of said yarns has a different color.
26 . The synthetic surface set forth in claim 21 , wherein said first and said second colors are different shades of green.