US 11,771,021 B2
Naturally dyed mulch and growing media
Kevin Scott Spittle, Vero Beach, FL (US); and Gary Lane Bowers, Jonesborough, TN (US)
Assigned to PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C., Buffalo Grove, IL (US)
Filed by PROFILE PRODUCTS, L.L.C., Buffalo Grove, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/88,633.
Application 17/088,633 is a continuation of application No. 15/322,899, granted, now 10,889,758, previously published as PCT/US2015/038315, filed on Jun. 29, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/123,782, filed on Nov. 26, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/018,639, filed on Jun. 29, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0047566 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A01G 13/02 (2006.01); A01G 24/23 (2018.01); C09K 17/52 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 24/23 (2018.02) [C09K 17/52 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A naturally-dyed mulch or growing medium composition comprising:
about 5 to 95 weight % fibrous tree bark, based on the total weight of the mulch or growing medium composition, the bark comprising natural pigments;
about 5 to 95 weight % fibrous wood components, based on the total weight of the mulch or growing medium composition; and
less than about 15 weight % additional components comprising one or more of natural binder(s), naturally occurring gums, water absorption enhancement component(s), organic acid(s), manmade interlocking fiber(s), fertilizer(s),
the naturally-dyed mulch or growing medium composition having a dry bulk density of about 6 lb/ft3 or lower and hsl coordinates such that h is from about 25-45, s is from about 20-100, and 1 is less than about 50,
wherein the composition has light-fastness of at least 1 day, measured according to ASTM D4303-99.