US Patent Issued to Columbia Insurance on May 13 for "Playing surface assemblies and systems, and methods of making and using same" (Georgia, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,605, issued on May 13, was assigned to Columbia Insurance Co. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Playing surface assemblies and systems, and methods of making and using same" was invented by Philipe Aldahir (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Cab Bramlett (Dalton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A playing surface assembly that defines at least a portion of a playing surface. The playing surface assembly has a backing, a plurality of reinforcement elements secured to and extending upwardly from the backing, and an infill material defining a top surface of the playing surface assembly. Each reinforcement element has a top end and a reveal distance corresponding ...