US Patent Issued to Brock USA on Sept. 16 for "Base for turf system with vertical support extensions at panel edges" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,120, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Brock USA LLC (Chattanooga, Tenn.).

"Base for turf system with vertical support extensions at panel edges" was invented by Daniel C. Sawyer (Boulder, Colo.), Richard R. Runkles (Windsor, Colo.) and James M. Koerlin (Broomfield, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underlayment layer is configured to support an artificial turf assembly. The underlayment layer comprises plurality of panels, each panel comprising a core with a top side and a bottom side. The top side has a plurality of top projections. The top projections form top side water drainage channels. The panels have edges, with the ...