US 11,771,017 B2
Method of conserving irrigation water using a woven fabric substrate
Mark Banister, Tucson, AZ (US)
Appl. No. 16/73,708
Filed by Mark Banister, Tucson, AZ (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/015663
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 27, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/132680, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 3, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/289,022, filed on Jan. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0037783 A1, Feb. 7, 2019
Int. Cl. A01G 13/02 (2006.01); C02F 1/28 (2023.01); C08G 59/18 (2006.01); C08L 63/10 (2006.01); C08L 63/00 (2006.01); C08G 59/00 (2006.01); B01J 20/24 (2006.01); B01J 20/26 (2006.01); B01J 20/28 (2006.01); B01J 20/32 (2006.01); C02F 1/469 (2023.01); D06N 3/00 (2006.01); D06N 3/12 (2006.01); C02F 103/06 (2006.01); C02F 101/16 (2006.01); C02F 101/20 (2006.01); C02F 103/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 13/0275 (2013.01) [B01J 20/24 (2013.01); B01J 20/261 (2013.01); B01J 20/262 (2013.01); B01J 20/28038 (2013.01); B01J 20/28047 (2013.01); B01J 20/321 (2013.01); B01J 20/3272 (2013.01); B01J 20/3295 (2013.01); C02F 1/285 (2013.01); C02F 1/288 (2013.01); C02F 1/469 (2013.01); C08G 59/00 (2013.01); C08G 59/18 (2013.01); C08L 63/00 (2013.01); C08L 63/10 (2013.01); D06N 3/0006 (2013.01); D06N 3/0011 (2013.01); D06N 3/0036 (2013.01); D06N 3/0038 (2013.01); D06N 3/12 (2013.01); C02F 2101/163 (2013.01); C02F 2101/203 (2013.01); C02F 2103/06 (2013.01); C02F 2103/08 (2013.01); C02F 2303/16 (2013.01); D06N 2201/0254 (2013.01); D06N 2211/30 (2013.01); Y02P 20/582 (2015.11); Y02W 10/37 (2015.05)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of conserving irrigation water comprising placing a fabric substrate in the form of an open weave woven fabric sheet or woven mat having a thread count of 1 to 100 threads per inch below a soil surface or planting media surface of one or more plants at a depth ranging from one tenth (0.10) of an inch to forty-eight (48) inches deep, wherein the fabric substrate is coated with a polymer gel that is hydrophilic, the polymer gel coated fabric substrate has openings for plant roots to grow through, the polymer gel coated fabric substrate allows irrigation water to pass through openings in the substrate when the one or more plants are being irrigated, and also slows down the rate of water evaporation from the soil or planting media.