Patents by Inventor Hamish Ross Sutherland

Hamish Ross Sutherland has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hybrid turf surface and support therefor
    Patent number: 11840809
    Abstract: There is provided a hybrid turf support for use with natural grass to form a stable hybrid turf system, the hybrid turf support comprising a knitted reticulated support; and a plurality of grass-like fibers extending upwardly from the knitted reticulated support, the grass-like fibers comprising groups of fibers extending upwardly at intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: STADIA Turf Systems Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo-Sang Lee, Hamish Ross Sutherland, Mark A. Heinlein
  • Relocatable turf
    Patent number: 11807996
    Abstract: A turf surface (80) comprising: (a) a reinforcing root-permeable mat (10); (b) a removable root-permeable backing (60) located beneath the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10); (c) a layer of growth media (42) located on the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10); and (d) natural grass plants (30) having roots (32) extending downwardly through the layer of growth media (42) and the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10) and the removable root-permeable backing (60); wherein, in use, prior to being laid at a destination site, the removable root-permeable backing (60) is separated from the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10), so that any roots (34) which engage with and extend through the removable root-permeable backing (60) are substantially removed from the turf surface (80).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Technology Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Hamish Ross Sutherland, Matthew Alexander Woolfe
  • Relocatble Turf
    Publication number: 20190352862
    Abstract: A turf surface 80 comprising: (a) a reinforcing root-permeable mat 10; (b) a removable root-permeable backing 60 located beneath the reinforcing root-permeable mat 10; (c) a layer of growth media 42 located on the reinforcing root-permeable mat 10; and (d) natural grass plants 30 having roots 32 extending downwardly through the layer of growth media 42 and the reinforcing root-permeable mat 10 and the removable root-permeable backing 60; wherein, in use, prior to being laid at a destination site, the removable root-permeable backing 60 is separated from the reinforcing root-permeable mat 10, so that any roots 34 which engage with and extend through the removable root-permeable backing 60 are substantially removed from the turf surface 80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Technology Licensing Corp.
    Inventors: Hamish Ross Sutherland, Matthew Alexander Woolfe
  • HYBRID TURF SURFACE AND SUPPORT THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20170081808
    Abstract: There is provided a hybrid turf support for use with natural grass to form a stable hybrid turf system, the hybrid turf support comprising a knitted reticulated support; and a plurality of grass-like fibers extending upwardly from the knitted reticulated support, the grass-like fibers comprising groups of fibers extending upwardly at intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Hyo-Sang Lee, Hamish Ross Sutherland, Mark A. Heinlein
  • Relocatable Turf
    Publication number: 20150033626
    Abstract: A turf surface (80) comprising: (a) a reinforcing root-permeable mat (10); (b) a removable root-permeable backing (60) located beneath the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10); (c) a layer of growth media (42) located on the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10); and (d) natural grass plants (30) having roots (32) extending downwardly through the layer of growth media (42) and the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10) and the removable root-permeable backing (60); wherein, in use, prior to being laid at a destination site, the removable root-permeable backing (60) is separated from the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10), so that any roots (34) which engage with and extend through the removable root-permeable backing (60) are substantially removed from the turf surface (80).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: TECHNOLOGY LICENSING CORP.
    Inventors: Hamish Ross Sutherland, Matthew Alexander Woolfe