公开(公告)号：US20220022390A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-27

申请号：US17498397

申请日：2021-10-11

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Daniel Scott NORDEN ,  Ryan Michael KNAUER ,  Gary Lane BOWERS ,  Kevin Scott SPITTLE

IPC: A01G24/44 ,  A01G24/23 ,  A01G24/50

Abstract: A compressed horticultural slab includes a substrate including a plurality of fibers compressed in a volume ratio of initial to compressed fiber of 1:4 to 1:60, the plurality of fibers having a shape of the slab, a first set of dimensions when the substrate has a moisture content of up to about 20 to 25 wt. % and a second set of dimensions when the moisture content increases above about 20 to 25 wt. %, based on the total weight of the substrate, the second set of dimensions having greater values than the first set of dimensions.

公开(公告)号：US20210269373A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17255498

申请日：2019-07-01

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Kevin Scott SPITTLE ,  Michael Dan ROBESON ,  Stephen Robert MACSHANE

IPC: C05F11/08 ,  C05D9/02 ,  C05F11/10 ,  C05G1/00 ,  C05G5/30 ,  C05G5/40 ,  C12N1/20 ,  A01C21/00

Abstract: A soil restoration system including a plurality of dry particles, each particle inoculated with dehumidified biological material including at least one species of cyanobacteria, the cyanobacteria being physically supported by the particles, and the cyanobacteria being activatable by a threshold amount of moisture so that when the cyanobacteria is activated at an application site, the cyanobacteria multiplies to form a biological soil crust capable of facilitating plant seed catchment and vascular plant germination at the application site.

公开(公告)号：US20200299208A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16869392

申请日：2020-05-07

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Daniel Scott NORDEN ,  Ryan Michael KNAUER ,  Gary Lane BOWERS ,  Kevin Scott SPITTLE

IPC: C05G3/80 ,  C09K17/16 ,  C09K17/52 ,  C09K17/32 ,  C05F11/00 ,  A01G24/23

Abstract: A compressed horticultural slab includes a substrate including a plurality of fibers compressed in a volume ratio of initial to compressed fiber of 1:4 to 1:20, the plurality of fibers having a shape of the slab, a first set of dimensions when the substrate has a moisture content of up to about 20 to 25 wt. % and a second set of dimensions when the moisture content increases above about 20 to 25 wt. %, based on the total weight of the substrate, the second set of dimensions having greater values than the first set of dimensions.

公开(公告)号：US20180057966A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-01

申请号：US15792100

申请日：2017-10-24

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Kevin Scott SPITTLE ,  Gary Lane BOWERS ,  Neil MABROUK ,  Robert LANDO

IPC: D01G9/06

CPC classification number: D01G9/06 ,  A01G13/0262 ,  D01G7/02

Abstract: A compressed growing medium or mulch fiber opener comprising at least one set of adjacent rotating members, the rotating members having a surface and including at least one wire wound around at least a portion of the surface, wherein the wire includes a plurality of projections engaging compressed or partially opened growing medium or mulch fiber, and wherein a distance between the adjacent rotating members is sufficiently small to create at least one pinch point between the adjacent rotating members, the adjacent rotating members separating the fibers as the fibers pass through the at least one pinch point so that the density of the fiber is lowered by at least 50-95%.

公开(公告)号：US20170152441A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-01

申请号：US15322906

申请日：2015-06-29

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Kevin Scott SPITTLE ,  Gary Lane BOWERS

IPC: C09K17/52 ,  C05D9/02 ,  C05G3/04

CPC classification number: C09K17/52 ,  A01G24/00 ,  C05D9/02 ,  C05F11/00 ,  C05G3/04

Abstract: A method for making a growing medium includes a step of combining tree bark and/or wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition to a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks to obtain the fibrous growing medium, the refiner separating fibers from each other; wherein the growing medium has total porosity of 88 volume % or more.

公开(公告)号：US20170135296A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US15322899

申请日：2015-06-29

Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Inventor： Kevin Scott SPITTLE ,  Gary Lane BOWERS

IPC: A01G31/00 ,  C09K17/52 ,  A01G9/10

CPC classification number: C09K17/52 ,  A01G24/00

Abstract: A method for making a dyed mulch composition or a dyed growing medium, the method comprising combining tree bark including one or more pigments and/or pigment precursors and wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition at a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks, the refiner separating the tree bark and wood components into fibers and separating the fibers from each other; and dyeing the wood components by the one or more pigments and/or pigment precursors while the tree bark and the wood components are being separated into fibers in the refiner to obtain dyed fibers.