| US 7,563,058 B2 | ||
| Web free erosion control blanket | ||
| Terry Sadowski, Rice Lake, Wis. (US); Douglas Steinbuch, Rice Lake, Wis. (US); and Tony Johnson, Rice Lake, Wis. (US) | ||
| Assigned to American Excelsior Company, Arlington, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 20, 2007, as Appl. No. 12/4,558. | ||
| Application 12/004558 is a division of application No. 11/022191, filed on Dec. 22, 2004, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/532843, filed on Dec. 23, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0159816 A1, Jul. 03, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. E02D 17/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 405—302.6 [405/302.4; 47/56] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A vegetation growth-enhancing erosion control blanket having a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto, said
blanket consisting of:
a single layer, net-free flexible mat constructed of a multiplicity of elongated excelsior fibers disposed in a randomly intertwined
relationship, the outer exposed areas of said multiplicity of fibers defining said first and second surfaces of said blanket;
said multiplicity of elongated excelsior fibers collectively defining in said net-free mat a multiplicity of interstitial
regions and defining said blanket through which portions of growing vegetation may pass generally transversely, at least a
major portion of said elongated excelsior fibers being held in place with a thread stitched therefrom in a manner providing
said net-free mat with structural integrity;
said first and second surface of said net-free flexible mat being net-free and consisting solely of said multiplicity of elongated
excelsior fibers and said thread; and
and said first and second surfaces forming the top and bottom, respectively, of said net-free mat.
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