subject: Field Of Natural And Artificial Grass Fibers [print this page] The field containing artificial grass manufacturers according to the invention provides a solution for the above-described problems, so that a combination of natural grass and artificial grass in a field is obtained, whereby the artificial grass provides protection for the natural grass, whilst the growth of the natural grass is not impeded. Consequently the field containing artificial grass according to the invention is characterized in that the top layer is a nutrient medium which contains regularly spaced fibres which, when seen in the longitudinal direction of the fibre, extend further into the ground than above the ground, with natural grass seeded between the fibres in a nutrient medium on the substructure.
Running movements and especially slidings may cause damage to the natural grass, in particular near the growing point, as a result of which the growth of the grass is hampered. With the field containing artificial grass manufacturers according to the invention the growing point is covered by the fibre, thus preventing said growing point from being damaged. Furthermore the entire body of fibres makes the sward more stable, as a result of which no sliding away takes place and the load caused by a movement on the field is distributed over the grass and the fibres. After the sliding has been completed the fibrous material will become upright again and the growing point returns to its position prior to the sliding. On the basis of this assumption, although the invention is by no means limited by certain theoretical considerations, the length and the shape of the projecting fibre part only needs to be such that the growing point of the grass is covered upon collapse of the fibre.
Artificial grass manufacturers according to the invention on the one hand consists of natural grass and on the other hand of fibres which have been provided in the field at regularly spaced intervals, whereby the part of the fibre projecting above the ground functions to protect the grass plant and in particular to protect the growing point of the grass plant. The growing point is located at the point where the grass emerges from the mat, which for the field containing artificial grass according to the invention is the nutrient medium.
