IP Library Granted Patent US 9,441,340
Granted Patent B2
US 9,441,340 · App. 13/694,029 · Granted Sep 13, 2016

Soil stabilizer carrier

Inventors: Michael Dennis Krysiak (Green Bay, WI); Daniel Paul Madigan (Green Bay, WI)
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Patent No.
US 9,441,340
App. No.
13/694,029
Granted
Sep 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for applying a water soluble soil stabilizer to soil wherein the soil stabilizer is added to a solid carrier.

Claims (19)

1. A method of applying a water-soluble soil stabilizer to a solid carrier for applying the solid carrier to soil;

impregnating, applying, adding, or any combination thereof, said water-soluble soil stabilizer to said solid carrier;

said water-soluble soil stabilizer being within or on said solid carrier, and leaching out from said solid carrier when water is applied;

said water-soluble soil stabilizer binding to said soil once it leaches out of said solid carrier;

wherein the amount of water-soluble soil stabilizer placed in or on said solid carrier is based on an intentional amount of water-soluble soil stabilizer to be leached out of said solid carrier to stabilize said soil.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the water soluble soil stabilizer is polyacrylamide.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the solid carrier is a soil amendment, fertilizer, soil conditioner or waste product alone or in combination.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising adding fertilizers or soil amendments to said solid carrier alone or in combination.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising adding pesticides or herbicides to said solid carrier alone or in combination.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said solid carrier comprises fibrous material, a seed, a mulch, a material that was previously treated with water-soluble soil stabilizer, a material from mineral and coal processing, petroleum production, paper making, water treatment, or food processing, alone or in combination.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said solid carrier is formed by a size reduction process, an agglomeration process, or any combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer reduces need for erosion mats; increases permeability of said soil; binds to said soil to increase infiltration of said fertilizer and water within said soil; improves water infiltration of said soil, thereby improving soils ability to absorb water; or improves water infiltration of said soil, thereby reducing the amount or frequency of water needed for said soil.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer reduces soil packing and cracking; improves soil tillability; reduces rilling of said soil; reduces runoff and leaching of microbes in said soil; reduces total fecal coliform bacteria and fecal strep leaching and runoff from said soil; reduces runoff of pesticides, herbicides, insecticides or fertilizers; reduces time for seed emergence within said soil; or reduces soil borne diseases within said soil.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer is an anticrusting agent in said soil.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer binds to fertilizer to reduce leaching of said fertilizer within said soil; binds to said soil and fertilizer to reduce runoff of said fertilizer from said soil; or binds to said soil and fertilizer to hold said fertilizer in said soil.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer reduces erosion of said soil, thereby reducing erosion of said fertilizer, thereby reducing fertilizer usage and fertilizer cost per acre; or improves water infiltration of said soil, thereby reducing erosion of said fertilizer, thereby reducing fertilizer usage and fertilizer cost per acre.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer holds nutrients in said soil, thereby reducing fertilizer usage and cost per acre; prevents movement of sediment containing nutrient, pesticides and other matter; or controls erosive forces by holding soils in place and ionically bonding them together to increase particle size.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer improves survival and growth of plants; improves root growth of plants within said soil; or improves crop yield within said soil.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer results in a cleaner harvest of root crop; expedites crop maturity; increases viability of shrub, tree, or vegetable transplants; deepens plant rooting in said soil; advances planting dates by drying said soil faster; and increases germination rates of seed in said soil.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2018
From: SKYLINE ENCAP HOLDINGS, LLC
To: OXER BCP MEZZANINE FUND, L.P.
Reel/Frame 045937/0525 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2018
From: ENCAP, LLC
To: SKYLINE ENCAP HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 045896/0719 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2018
From: KRYSIAK, MICHAEL D.; MADIGAN, DANIEL P.
To: ENCAP LLC.
Reel/Frame 045628/0295 →
Continuity (1)
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