Patents by Inventor Jose L. Urrutia
Jose L. Urrutia 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).
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Publication number: 20250012034Abstract: An elongated polymeric impermeable geomembrane sheet having opposing first and second surfaces with a plurality of spaced-apart first projections extending from the first surface, said first projections each tapering to a pointed apex at a distal extent, which first projections for mechanically engaging a synthetic drainage geomesh sheet overlaid by a tufted geotextile sheet and in contact with adjacent fill materials within the aggregation, whereby the aggregation has increased resistance to shear failure of the aggregation of fill materials and reducing stabilization failures of materials aggregation applications. A ground covering closure system is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: Watershed Geosynthetics LLCInventors: William Delaney Lewis, Zehong Yuan, Jose L. Urrutia
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Publication number: 20230366168Abstract: A cover system for preventing water ingress having a geomembrane layer and a wind-disturbing open-pore layer thereon and defining an asperity extent, said open-pore layer for forming in situ an air-flow turbulence zone between the geomembrane layer and a boundary space proximate the open-pore layer as a transition from turbulent flow of wind in the turbulence zone to laminar flow of the wind remote from the geomembrane layer, said open-pore layer inducing disturbance of a wind flow into and through the layer, whereby a suction force on the geomembrane is disturbingly broken by turbulent wind shear events therein and exerted downward pressure deflections, wherein the wind speed and pressure differential lessen and the geomembrane resists uplift. A method of covering a large area surface with a cover system that resists wind uplift is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Watershed Geosynthetics, LLCInventors: William Delaney Lewis, Carl M. Davis, III, Jose L. Urrutia, Kyle S. Ehman
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Publication number: 20230193567Abstract: A tufted geotextile for covering a land surface, comprising a porous backing sheet densely tufted to provide simulated grass blades having interstices therebetween on a tuft gauge of about 20 tufts per foot to about 50 tufts per foot and the adjacent lines spaced about ¼ inch, the interstices for receiving an infill from the backing sheet to a fill plane to increase shading of the interstices by the tuft blades on the backing sheet while resisting hydraulic displacement and movement of the infill while overlying the ground surface for covering purposes. A closure system is disclosed using the tufted geotextile as a component overlying an impermeable geomembrane for resisting inflow of water below the ground surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Watershed Geosynthetics LLCInventors: William Delaney Lewis, Kyle Ehman, Jose L. Urrutia
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Publication number: 20230026396Abstract: A tufted geotextile includes a backing sheet tufted to resemble grass with polymeric yarns that when tufted form loops or bridges on a back side and tufts that extend as grass-like blades from an upper surface. Each line of tuft blades is tufted with a repeating stitching pattern generally of a weft portion along a tuft line first axis and warp portions disposed in a first direction at an angle to the first weft portion. The tufts define interstices that define cells that receive and trap infill for resisting displacement and movement of the infill under loading such as hydraulic flow or granular flow due to wind, seismic, vibrations, expansion and contraction loading, and the like. Each line of tuft blades is sewn along an alternating, interconnected “C-shaped” stitching pattern or square wave stitching pattern to define diverting tufts to restrict infill displacement and water flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: Watershed Geosynthetics LLCInventors: Michael R Ayers, S Kyle Ehman, William Delaney Lewis, Jose L Urrutia
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Publication number: 20220049450Abstract: An elongated polymeric impermeable geomembrane sheet having opposing first and second surfaces with a plurality of spaced-apart first projections extending from the first surface, said first projections each tapering to a pointed apex at a distal extent, which first projections for mechanically engaging a synthetic drainage geomesh sheet overlaid by a tufted geotextile sheet and in contact with adjacent fill materials within the aggregation, whereby the aggregation has increased resistance to shear failure of the aggregation of fill materials and reducing stabilization failures of materials aggregation applications. A ground covering closure system is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: Watershed Holdings LLCInventors: William Delaney Lewis, Zehong Yuan, Jose L. Urrutia
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Publication number: 20220029578Abstract: A solar energy system for use with tufted geosynthetics on sloping ground without the use of a traditional racking system. A frame attaches to the tufted geosynthetic cover to provide a flap and a solar panel secures to the flap directly or through a polymeric layer that attaches to the frame positioned between the flap and the tufted geosynthetic land cover with the solar panel adhesively attached to the polymeric layer. The solar panel being attached to the tufted geosynthetic land cover generates energy upon exposure to light. A method of securing a solar panel to a tufted geosynthetic land cover system for generation of energy is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: Watershed Solar LLCInventors: Jose L. Urrutia, Michael R. Ayers, Michael Lucini, Gregory Lucini
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Publication number: 20210332534Abstract: A tufted geotextile cover system, comprising a backing sheet tufted with first tuft lines of tufts on a first spacing and second transverse tuft lines of tufts on a second spacing greater than the first spacing to dispose the second tufts intermediate opposing pairs of the first tuft lines that define interstices for receiving infill, the tufts in the second tuft lines increasing resistance of the infill to displacement and dry flow movement in response to loading on the geotextile overlying a surface for covering a ground site. A closure system is disclosed using the tufted geotextile as a component overlying an impermeable geomembrane for resisting inflow of water below the ground surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Watershed Geosynthetics LLCInventors: Jose L. Urrutia, S. Kyle Ehman, Michael R. Ayers
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Patent number: 11031903Abstract: A solar energy system for use with tufted geosynthetics on sloping ground without the use of a traditional racking system. A frame attaches to the tufted geosynthetic cover to provide a flap and a solar panel secures to the flap directly or through a polymeric layer that attaches to the frame positioned between the flap and the tufted geosynthetic land cover with the solar panel adhesively attached to the polymeric layer. The solar panel being attached to the tufted geosynthetic land cover generates energy upon exposure to light. A method of securing a solar panel to a tufted geosynthetic land cover system for generation of energy is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Watershed Solar, LLCInventors: Jose L. Urrutia, Michael R. Ayers, Michael Lucini, Gregory Lucini
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Patent number: 10742164Abstract: A solar energy system for use with tufted geosynthetics on a substantially flat surface having a racking structure with bases and attachments for frictional seating to a tufted geosynthetic ground cover system, a bifacial solar panel mounted to the racking system and electrically connected to a connection box for communicating electrical current to an electricity power conditioner of an electrical current grid generated upon exposure of the solar panel to ambient light. A method of using a solar energy system with tufted geosynthetics cover system is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Watershed Solar LLCInventors: Jose L. Urrutia, Michael R. Ayers, Michael Lucini, Gregory Lucini
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Patent number: 10661318Abstract: A process for the solidification of liquid waste prior to disposal in a landfill, and an impermeable container in which the liquid waste is solidified.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Inventors: Jose L Urrutia, William D Lewis
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Publication number: 20200162019Abstract: A solar energy system for use with tufted geosynthetics on a substantially flat surface having a racking structure with bases and attachments for frictional seating to a tufted geosynthetic ground cover system, a bifacial solar panel mounted to the racking system and electrically connected to a connection box for communicating electrical current to an electricity power conditioner of an electrical current grid generated upon exposure of the solar panel to ambient light. A method of using a solar energy system with tufted geosynthetics cover system is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Watershed Holdings LLCInventors: Jose L. Urrutia, Michael R. Ayers, Michael Lucini, Gregory Lucini
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Publication number: 20200071887Abstract: A tufted geotextile for covering a land surface, comprising a porous backing sheet densely tufted to provide simulated grass blades having interstices therebetween on a tuft gauge of about 20 tufts per foot to about 50 tufts per foot and the adjacent lines spaced about ¼ inch, the interstices for receiving an infill from the backing sheet to a fill plane to increase shading of the interstices by the tuft blades on the backing sheet while resisting hydraulic displacement and movement of the infill while overlying the ground surface for covering purposes. A closure system is disclosed using the tufted geotextile as a component overlying an impermeable geomembrane for resisting inflow of water below the ground surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Watershed Geosynthetics LLCInventors: William Delaney Lewis, Kyle Ehman, Jose L. Urrutia
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Patent number: 10581374Abstract: A solar energy system for use with tufted geosynthetics on a substantially flat surface having a racking structure with bases and attachments for frictional seating to a tufted geosynthetic ground cover system, a bifacial solar panel mounted to the racking system and electrically connected to a connection box for communicating electrical current to an electricity power conditioner of an electrical current grid generated upon exposure of the solar panel to ambient light. A method of using a solar energy system with tufted geosynthetics cover system is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Watershed Holdings LLCInventors: Jose L. Urrutia, Michael R. Ayers, Michael Lucini, Gregory Lucini
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Publication number: 20180269826Abstract: A solar energy system for use with tufted geosynthetics on a substantially flat surface having a racking structure with bases and attachments for frictional seating to a tufted geosynthetic ground cover system, a bifacial solar panel mounted to the racking system and electrically connected to a connection box for communicating electrical current to an electricity power conditioner of an electrical current grid generated upon exposure of the solar panel to ambient light. A method of using a solar energy system with tufted geosynthetics cover system is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Jose L. Urrutia, Michael R. Ayers, Michael Lucini, Gregory Lucini
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Publication number: 20180131316Abstract: A solar energy system for use with tufted geosynthetics on sloping ground without the use of a traditional racking system. A frame attaches to the tufted geosynthetic cover to provide a flap and a solar panel secures to the flap directly or through a polymeric layer that attaches to the frame positioned between the flap and the tufted geosynthetic land cover with the solar panel adhesively attached to the polymeric layer. The solar panel being attached to the tufted geosynthetic land cover generates energy upon exposure to light. A method of securing a solar panel to a tufted geosynthetic land cover system for generation of energy is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Jose L. Urrutia, Michael R. Ayers, Michael Lucini, Gregory Lucini
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Publication number: 20170065959Abstract: A process for the solidification of liquid waste prior to disposal in a landfill, and an impermeable container in which the liquid waste is solidified.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Jose L Urrutia, William L Lewis
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Patent number: 8585322Abstract: A cover system is provided for waste sites and environmental closures, in which the cover system comprises a synthetic grass and an impermeable geomembrane that can be applied without the use of heavy earthwork equipment as temporary or final cover to control odors, erosion, gas migration and contaminate migration. The invention allows installation on very steep slopes and does not require the use of an extensive anchoring system to resist wind uplift or slope failure. A gas collection system is located under the cover system for the collection of gas produced by the waste sites.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: ClosureTurf LLCInventors: Michael R. Ayers, Jose L. Urrutia
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Patent number: 8403597Abstract: A cover system is provided for waste sites and environmental closures, in which the cover system comprises a synthetic grass and an impermeable geomembrane that can be applied without the use of heavy earthwork equipment as temporary or final cover to control odors, erosion, gas migration and contaminate migration. The invention allows installation on very steep slopes and does not require the use of an extensive anchoring system to resist wind uplift or slope failure.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Closureturf LLCInventors: Michael R. Ayers, Jose L. Urrutia
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Publication number: 20100272516Abstract: A cover system is provided for waste sites and environmental closures, in which the cover system comprises a synthetic grass and an impermeable geomembrane that can be applied without the use of heavy earthwork equipment as temporary or final cover to control odors, erosion, gas migration and contaminate migration. The invention allows installation on very steep slopes and does not require the use of an extensive anchoring system to resist wind uplift or slope failure. A gas collection system is located under the cover system for the collection of gas produced by the waste sites.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventors: Michael R. Ayers, Jose L. Urrutia
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Publication number: 20100266342Abstract: A cover system is provided for waste sites and environmental closures, in which the cover system comprises a synthetic grass and an impermeable geomembrane that can be applied without the use of heavy earthwork equipment as temporary or final cover to control odors, erosion, gas migration and contaminate migration. The invention allows installation on very steep slopes and does not require the use of an extensive anchoring system to resist wind uplift or slope failure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Michael R. Ayers, Jose L. Urrutia