- Patent Title: Multi-axial integral geogrid and methods of making and using same
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Application No.: US17841037Application Date: 2022-06-15
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Publication No.: US11548206B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Andrew Curson , Tom-Ross Jenkins , Andrew Edward Waller , Daniel John Gallagher , Daniel Mark Baker , Manoj Kumar Tyagi , Joseph Cavanaugh
- Applicant: Tensar International Corporation
- Applicant Address: US GA Alpharetta
- Assignee: Tensar International Corporation
- Current Assignee: Tensar International Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Alpharetta
- Agency: Jacobson Holman PLLC
- Main IPC: E02D17/20
- IPC: E02D17/20 ; B29C55/14 ; B29D28/00 ; B29C55/12 ; B29L28/00

Abstract:
A method of making a multi-axial integral geogrid suitable for stabilizing aggregate includes providing a polymer sheet, providing a patterned plurality of holes or depressions in the polymer sheet, and biaxially orienting the polymer sheet having the patterned plurality of holes or depressions therein to provide a plurality of interconnected oriented strands and partially oriented junctions forming a repeating pattern of outer hexagons having an array of openings. Oriented ribs extending inwardly from each of the outer hexagons support and surround a smaller inner hexagon having oriented strands, thus forming a plurality of trapezoidal openings and a single hexagonal opening. The oriented strands and partially oriented junctions of the outer hexagons form a plurality of linear strong axis strands extending continuously throughout the geogrid and forming triangular openings. The method provides a geogrid having a geometry configured to engage with, confine, and stabilize a large variety and quality of aggregates.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220379543A1 MULTI-AXIAL INTEGRAL GEOGRID AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME Public/Granted day:2022-12-01
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