Biodegradable landscape fabric
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a biodegradable landscape fabric comprising spunlaced cellulosic fibers which comprise 0% to 75% wood pulp fibers and 25% to 100% regenerated cellulosic fibers without fiber binding materials and may further comprise a colorant.
1. A biodegradable landscape fabric, comprising
spunlaced cellulosic fibers which comprise 25% to 75% wood pulp fibers and 25% to 75% regenerated cellulosic fibers and without fiber binding materials,
the biodegradable landscape fabric being about 55% softwood pulp fibers and about 45% spunlaced regenerated cellulosic fiber,
the softwood pulp fibers combined on top of the spunlaced regenerated cellulosic fiber forming a dried combined sheet;
the combined sheet spunlaced together into a single consolidated sheet;
the single consolidated sheet of biodegradable landscape fabric being substantially cellulosic.
2. The biodegradable landscape fabric according to claim 1 , wherein the regenerated cellulosic fibers are selected from the group consisting of lyocell and rayon.
3. The biodegradable landscape fabric according to claim 1 , comprising of colorant.
4. A biodegradable landscape fabric, comprising
at least a portion of the biodegradable landscape fabric including at least about 25% to 75% wood pulp fibers and including at least about 25% to 75% regenerated cellulosic fibers and without fiber binding materials,
wherein the biodegradable landscape fabric includes about 55% softwood pulp fibers at about 44.4 g/m2 and about 45% lyocell spunlaced regenerated cellulosic fiber at about 32 g/m2;
the softwood pulp fibers combined on top of the lyocell fiber to form a combined sheet;
the combined sheet spunlaced together into a single combined sheet;
wherein the biodegradable landscape fabric has a basis weight of about 71 g/m2.
5. A method of making a biodegradable landscape fabric, comprising:
spunlacing into a web lyocell fiber at about 32 g/m2;
forming into a sheet softwood pulp fibers at about 44 g/m2;
combining the sheet of softwood pulp fibers to a position on top of the lyocell web;
spunlacing the combined sheets of softwood pulp fibers and lyocell web into a single sheet;
drying the single sheet;
forming the dried single sheet into a biodegradable landscape fabric having a basis weight of about 71 g/m2.