US Patent Issued to MAZCON A KURTZ BROS. on Aug. 19 for "Tubular knitted geotextiles implementing hydrophobic cellulose based threads, methods of making the same, and erosion sediment and pollution control products made from the same" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,789, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MAZCON A KURTZ BROS. COMPANY LLC (Chicago).

"Tubular knitted geotextiles implementing hydrophobic cellulose based threads, methods of making the same, and erosion sediment and pollution control products made from the same" was invented by Michael A. Zock (Saxonburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An erosion, sediment and pollution control product comprises a geotextile which includes cellulose based threads treated to be hydrophobic and cellulose based filler within the tubular geotextile. The geotextile may be knitted and may include lyocell threads and wherein the lyocell threads are trea...