A ground cover material for use in horticulture has on one side a low white layer comprising a transparent or translucent polymer and a low amount of a white pigment or pigments, and on an opposite side a metallized layer. In use the material is placed beneath fruit trees for example, and provides a balance of direct and diffuse reflection of incident solar radiation back to the fruit trees.
A01G 13/02 - Couvertures protectrices pour les plantes; Dispositifs pour leur mise en place
G02B 26/08 - Dispositifs ou dispositions optiques pour la commande de la lumière utilisant des éléments optiques mobiles ou déformables pour commander la direction de la lumière
A ground cover material for use in horticulture has on one side a low white layer comprising a transparent or translucent polymer and a low amount of a white pigment or pigments, and on an opposite side a metallized layer. In use the material is placed beneath fruit trees for example, and provides a balance of direct and diffuse reflection of incident solar radiation back to the fruit trees.
17 - Produits en caoutchouc ou en matières plastiques; matières à calfeutrer et à isoler
Produits et services
Plastic sheeting in the form of mats, films and covers for
use in agriculture and horticulture for screening, shading,
protection, heat and light reflection, heat conduction, heat
transmission and wind breaking or wind screening; plastic
fabric sheets, mats, films, covers or netting for use in
agriculture and horticulture for screening, shading,
protection, heat and light reflection and wind breaking or
screening; plastic sheeting in the form of mats, films and
covers for enhancing fruit, plant and vegetable growth,
cooling or heating soil temperature, rain exclusion and
preventing weed growth; filming for mulch, mulch mats made
of recycled rubber being sheets and coverings including heat
and light reflective mulch film or mats, sheets and
coverings for agricultural and horticultural purposes;
plastic sheeting and films for agricultural and
horticultural use in the form of bed and row film, sheets
and coverings including heat and light reflective or
transmission bed and row, film, mats, sheets and coverings;
plastic fabric sheets in the form of mats, films, covers or
netting for use in agriculture and horticulture for to
protect against weather conditions, namely, sun, hail, rain,
increase/decrease chill and frost; plastic fabric sheets in
the form of mats, films, covers or netting for use in
agriculture and horticulture for to protect against animals,
namely, birds or insects; fitted or retractable plastic
fabric sheets in the form of mats, films, covers or netting
for use in agriculture and horticulture.
17 - Produits en caoutchouc ou en matières plastiques; matières à calfeutrer et à isoler
Produits et services
Plastic sheeting in the form of mats, films and covers for use in agriculture and horticulture for screening, shading, protection, heat and light reflection, heat conduction, heat transmission and wind breaking or wind screening; plastic fabric sheets, mats, films, covers or netting for use in agriculture and horticulture for screening, shading, protection, heat and light reflection and wind breaking or screening not for erosion control; plastic sheeting in the form of mats, films and covers for agricultural or horticultural purposes, namely for enhancing fruit, plant and vegetable growth, cooling or heating soil temperature, rain exclusion and preventing weed growth not for erosion control; film for mulch, mulch mats made of recycled rubber being sheets and coverings, including heat- and light-reflective mulch film or mats, sheets and coverings made from recycled rubber for agricultural and horticultural purposes, namely, for heat and light reflection, cooling or heating soil temperature, providing a microclimate for enhanced fruit and plant growth and development, not for erosion control; plastic sheeting and films for agricultural and horticultural use in the form of bed and row film, sheets and coverings including heat and light reflective or transmission bed and row, film, mats, sheets and coverings; plastic fabric sheets in the form of mats, films, covers or netting for use in agriculture and horticulture to protect against weather conditions, namely, sun, hail, rain, increase/decrease chill and frost not for erosion control; plastic fabric sheets in the form of mats, films, covers or netting for use in agriculture and horticulture for to protect against animals, namely, birds or insects not for erosion control; plastic sheeting for agricultural or horticultural purposes, namely fitted or retractable plastic fabric sheets in the form of mats, films, covers or netting for use in agriculture and horticulture, not for erosion control
17 - Produits en caoutchouc ou en matières plastiques; matières à calfeutrer et à isoler
Produits et services
Plastic sheeting, mats or covers for use in agriculture and
horticulture for screening, shading, protection, heat and
light reflection, heat conduction, heat transmission and
wind breaking or wind screening; plastic fabric sheets,
mats, covers or netting for use in agriculture and
horticulture for screening, shading, protection, heat and
light reflection and wind breaking or screening; plastic
sheeting for enhancing fruit, plant and vegetable growth,
cooling or heating soil temperature, rain exclusion and
preventing weed growth; mulch film, mulch mats sheets and
coverings including heat and light reflective mulch film or
mats, sheets and coverings; bed and row film, sheets and
coverings including heat and light reflective or
transmission bed and row, film, mats, sheets and coverings;
plastic fabric sheets, mats, covers or netting for use in
agriculture and horticulture to protect against weather
conditions, namely, sun, hail, rain, effect chill and frost;
plastic fabric sheets, mats, covers or netting for use in
agriculture and horticulture to protect against animals,
namely, birds or insects; fitted or retractable plastic
fabric sheets, mats, covers or netting for use in
agriculture and horticulture.
17 - Produits en caoutchouc ou en matières plastiques; matières à calfeutrer et à isoler
Produits et services
Plastic sheeting in the form of mats or covers for use in agriculture and horticulture for screening, shading, protection, heat and light reflection, heat conduction, heat transmission and wind breaking or wind screening; plastic sheeting and films for agricultural and horticultural use in the form of bed and row film, sheets and coverings including heat and light reflective or transmission bed and row, film, mats, sheets and coverings
An improved agricultural sheeting fastening component for use in anchoring agricultural sheet material includes two arms, each including one or more prongs having a tip adapted to pierce the sheet material to connect the fastening component to the sheet material, wherein a terminating portion of the prong(s) extends in a direction away from a junction of the prong to the arm and at an angle between the arm and the terminating portion of the prong of between about −25 and about 45 degrees.
17 - Produits en caoutchouc ou en matières plastiques; matières à calfeutrer et à isoler
Produits et services
Plastic sheeting, mats or covers for use in agriculture and
horticulture for screening, shading, protection, heat and
light reflection, heat conduction, heat transmission and
wind breaking or wind screening; plastic fabric sheets,
mats, covers or netting for use in agriculture and
horticulture for screening, shading, protection, heat and
light reflection and wind breaking or screening; plastic
sheeting for enhancing fruit, plant and vegetable growth,
cooling or heating soil temperature, rain exclusion and
preventing weed growth; mulch film, mulch mats sheets and
coverings including heat and light reflective mulch film or
mats, sheets and coverings; bed and row film, sheets and
coverings including heat and light reflective or
transmission bed and row, film, mats, sheets and coverings;
plastic fabric sheets, mats, covers or netting for use in
agriculture and horticulture for to protect against weather
conditions, namely, sun, hail, rain, increase/decrease chill
and frost; plastic fabric sheets, mats, covers or netting
for use in agriculture and horticulture for to protect
against animals, namely, birds or insects; fitted or
retractable plastic fabric sheets, mats, covers or netting
for use in agriculture and horticulture.
17 - Produits en caoutchouc ou en matières plastiques; matières à calfeutrer et à isoler
Produits et services
Plastic sheeting in the form of mats and covers for use in agriculture and horticulture for screening, shading, protection, heat and light reflection, heat conduction, heat transmission and wind breaking or wind screening; plastic fabric sheets, mats, covers or netting for use in agriculture and horticulture for screening, shading, protection, heat and light reflection and wind breaking or screening; plastic sheeting in the form of mats and covers for enhancing fruit, plant and vegetable growth, cooling or heating soil temperature, rain exclusion and preventing weed growth; filming for mulch, mulch mats made of recycled rubber being sheets and coverings including heat and light reflective mulch film or mats, sheets and coverings for agricultural and horticultural purposes; plastic sheeting and films for agricultural and horticultural use in the form of bed and row film, sheets and coverings including heat and light reflective or transmission bed and row, film, mats, sheets and coverings; plastic fabric sheets in the form of mats, covers or netting for use in agriculture and horticulture for to protect against weather conditions, namely, sun, hail, rain, increase/decrease chill and frost; plastic fabric sheets in the form of mats, covers or netting for use in agriculture and horticulture for to protect against animals, namely, birds or insects; fitted or retractable plastic fabric sheets in the form of mats, covers or netting for use in agriculture and horticulture
A clip for fixing an agricultural ground sheet cover material, or a netting, in place comprises two inter-engageable parts, each part having a jaw at one end for gripping sheet material or netting between the jaws when the two inter-engageable parts are closed together, a locking tab on one of the inter-engageable parts, a locking bar on the other of the inter-engageable parts, and and cord engaging formations at an opposite end of at least one of the inter-engageable clip parts, adapted to grip a cord between the cord engaging formations to lock the cord to the clip.
F16B 2/12 - Brides ou colliers, c.-à-d. dispositifs de fixation dont le serrage est effectué par des forces effectives autres que la résistance à la déformation inhérente au matériau dont est fait le dispositif externes c.-à-d. agissant par contraction utilisant des mâchoires coulissantes
A01G 13/02 - Couvertures protectrices pour les plantes; Dispositifs pour leur mise en place
17 - Produits en caoutchouc ou en matières plastiques; matières à calfeutrer et à isoler
Produits et services
Plastic sheeting in the form of mats and covers for use in gardening, agriculture and horticulture for screening, shading, protection, heat and light reflection or heat conduction or transmission and wind breaking or wind screening; plastic fabric sheets in the form of mats and covers for use in agriculture and horticulture for screening, shading, protection, heat and light reflection and wind breaking; plastic sheeting for enhancing fruit, plant and vegetable growth, cooling or heating soil temperature, and preventing weed growth; heat and light reflective mulch film in the form of mats, sheets and coverings; plastic bed and row film, sheets and coverings with heat and light reflection properties for gardening, agricultural and horticultural purposes; and plastic bed and row, film, mats, sheets and coverings with heat and light transmission properties for gardening, agricultural and horticultural purposes
22 - Cordes; filets; tentes, auvents, voiles et sacs; matières de rembourrage
Produits et services
Netting and commercial nets; commercial nets for use in gardening, agriculture and horticulture; commercial nets to protect against birds; garden nets; fitted commercial nets and retractable commercial nets; commercial nets for heat and light reflection; commercial nets to protect against weather conditions, namely, sun nets, hail nets, chill nets and frost nets; windbreaks and wind screens in the form of knitted, woven or non-woven textile sheets or nets for protection against the wind; sun screens in the form of knitted, woven or non-woven textile sheets, nets or coverings; shade covers in the nature of textile and non-woven textile awnings
An improved agricultural sheeting fastening component for use in anchoring agricultural sheet material includes two arms, each including one or more prongs having a tip adapted to pierce the sheet material to connect the fastening component to the sheet material, wherein a terminating portion of the prong(s) extends in a direction away from a junction of the prong to the arm and at an angle between the arm and the terminating portion of the prong of between about -25 and about 45 degrees.
A fabric roll up core for carrying rolls of sheet material such as ground covers or canopy sheet materials including netting materials, used in agriculture or horticulture, such as bird, insect, hail, shade, wind barrier netting materials, comprises a profile formed in an outer surface that assists in maintaining the sheet material on the fabric roll up core when rolling the sheet material onto the fabric roll up core and which may be effective to work with roll up drive means. The core may be formed in one piece or as multiple connected parts.
B65H 75/08 - Genres ou types de section transversale circulaire ou polygonale
B65H 75/26 - Dispositions pour empêcher le glissement de l'enroulement
B65H 75/30 - Dispositions pour faciliter l'entraînement ou le freinage
B65H 75/10 - Genres ou types de section transversale circulaire ou polygonale sans rebords, p. ex. tubes à cannettes
B65H 75/34 - Noyaux, gabarits, supports ou pièces de tenue pour matériau bobiné, enroulé ou plié, p. ex. tourets, broches, bobines, tubes à cannette, boîtes spécialement adaptés ou montés pour stocker, dérouler de façon répétée et stocker à nouveau des longueurs de matériau prévues pour des buts particuliers, p. ex. tuyaux souples à poste fixe, câbles de force
A woven sheet crop material comprising a woven region and a smaller knitted region. The woven region comprises a main body of the material and the knitted region is affixed to the woven region to provide an affixment region for attachment of fixing means, such as C clips or carbine clips.
D03D 13/00 - Tissus caractérisés par la disposition particulière des fils de chaîne ou de trame, p. ex. avec fils de trame incurvés, avec fils de chaîne discontinus, avec fils de chaîne ou de trame en diagonale
Crop protection netting for covering trees or other plants for insect and bird exclusion is of a knitted mesh construction, comprising knit intersections in the netting and connecting yarn portions between the yarn intersections which extend substantially linearly between intersections. The netting is lightweight and stretchable in multiple directions.
An agricultural netting material has a construction profile across the width of the netting in which one or more construction elements varies across the width of the netting, a construction element in a first region of at least 20 cm width of the netting being different to the construction element in a second region of at least 20 cm width of the netting, the construction element being one of a yarn thickness, a yarn width, a yarn transmittance, a yarn pigmentation, a yarn reflectance, a yarn absorbance, a netting aperture size, a netting construction pattern and a netting cover factor.
Described herein is a pillar knitted crop netting comprising widely spaced knitted pillars and crop netting materials comprising a region(s) having such construction. Also described herein are crop nettings comprising yarns defining apertures to form the netting wherein said apertures have a plurality of sides formed by yarn sections and at least one of those yarn sections may be relatively slack when the netting is held taut in lengthwise and widthwise directions. The above nettings may have advantageous hail passage performance.
D04B 21/00 - Procédés de tricotage chaîne pour la production de tricots ou articles qui ne dépendent pas de l'emploi de machines particulièresTricots ou articles définis par de tels procédés
A fabric roll up core for carrying rolls of sheet material such as ground covers or canopy sheet materials including netting materials, used in agriculture or horticulture, such as bird, insect, hail, shade, wind barrier netting materials, comprises a profile formed in an outer surface that assists in maintaining the sheet material on the fabric roll up core when rolling the sheet material onto the fabric roll up core and which may be effective to work with roll up drive means. The core may be formed in one piece or as multiple connected parts.
A woven sheet crop material comprising a woven region and a smaller knitted region. The woven region comprises a main body of the material and the knitted region is affixed to the woven region to provide an affixment region for attachment of fixing means, such as C clips or carbine clips.
A netting material is knitted from at least two synthetic material yarns of which one is an opaque and the other is a transparent or translucent or different opaque yarn. A knitted netting material comprises a plurality of primary yarns knitted to form a mesh construction having an arrangement of primary apertures defined by yarn intersections and yarn connecting portions between yarn intersections, and a plurality of secondary yarns crossing over the primary apertures to form secondary apertures within the primary apertures.
A method and system for influencing bud break, or increasing fruit yield or quality, in a plant comprises installing material above the plant to shade buds on the plant from solar radiation and lower the temperature of the buds or of the air proximate the plant or buds, and maintaining said material in place for at least part of the plant's dormancy period.
A01G 7/06 - Traitement des arbres ou des plantes en cours de croissance, p. ex. pour prévenir la décomposition du bois, pour teinter les fleurs ou le bois, pour prolonger la vie des plantes
A netting material having a length dimension and a width dimension much smaller than the length dimension is formed by threads knitted or woven together. The netting material has a main portion comprising knitted or woven apertures, a reinforced edge portion at or adjacent each longitudinal edge of the netting material comprising a longitudinal row of knitted or woven fastening features, and a reinforced intermediate portion between the reinforced edge portions. The reinforced intermediate portion has a first longitudinal row of knitted or woven fastening features and a corresponding second longitudinal row of knitted or woven fastening features. In use, the netting material is folded so that the first longitudinal row of fastening features and the second longitudinal row of fastening features are brought together to form a double-layered row of fastening features. The double-layered row of fastening features and the row of fastening features of the reinforced edge portions provide three longitudinal attachment locations for securing the netting material to a support structure.
A01G 13/10 - Dispositifs de protection contre les animaux, les oiseaux ou autres organismes nuisibles
A01G 22/00 - Culture de plantes spécifiques non prévue ailleurs
A01M 29/30 - Épouvantails ou dispositifs répulsifs, p. ex. pour oiseaux empêchant l'accès ou obstruant le passage, p. ex. au moyen de barrières, de pics, de cordons, d'obstacles ou d'aspersion d'eau
A01G 13/02 - Couvertures protectrices pour les plantes; Dispositifs pour leur mise en place
An agricultural netting material has a construction profile across the width of the netting in which one or more construction elements varies across the width of the netting, a construction element in a first region of at least 20cm width of the netting being different to the construction element in a second region of at least 20cm width of the netting, the construction element being one of a yarn thickness, a yarn width, a yarn transmittance, a yarn pigmentation, a yarn reflectance, a yarn absorbance, a netting aperture size, a netting construction pattern and a netting cover factor.
A crop material is woven in a leno weave configuration from weft tapes and groups of warp elements, the warp elements in each group cross at a cross-over point between adjacent weft tapes, and the adjacent groups of warp elements spaced apart across the weft at a distance greater than about 8 mm.
A netting material comprises a main portion and a netted window portion. The main portion has apertures of a first aperture size and shape, and the netted window portion has apertures of a second aperture size and shape. The apertures of the netted window portion are of sufficient size and shape to allow honey bees to pass through the netting material, whereas the apertures of the main portion are of sufficient size and shape to substantially prevent honey bees passing through the netting material.
A netting material is knitted from at least two synthetic material yarns of which one is an opaque and the other is a transparent or translucent or different opaque yarn. A knitted netting material comprises a plurality of primary yarns knitted to form a mesh construction having an arrangement of primary apertures defined by yarn intersections and yarn connecting portions between yarn intersections, and a plurality of secondary yarns crossing over the primary apertures to form secondary apertures within the primary apertures.
A01G 13/02 - Couvertures protectrices pour les plantes; Dispositifs pour leur mise en place
A01G 13/10 - Dispositifs de protection contre les animaux, les oiseaux ou autres organismes nuisibles
A01G 9/22 - Stores ou jalousies de serres ou dispositifs similaires
D01F 8/00 - Filaments, ou similaires, faits par l’homme, conjugués, c.-à-d. à plusieurs composantsLeur fabrication
D01F 9/00 - Filaments, ou similaires, faits par l’homme, formés d’autres substancesLeur fabricationAppareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication de filaments de carbone
D04B 21/00 - Procédés de tricotage chaîne pour la production de tricots ou articles qui ne dépendent pas de l'emploi de machines particulièresTricots ou articles définis par de tels procédés
D04G 1/00 - Fabrication de filets par nouage de matériaux filamenteux
D04G 1/06 - Fabrication de filets par nouage de matériaux filamenteux sur machines en utilisant un seul fil et une série de fils
D04G 1/08 - Fabrication de filets par nouage de matériaux filamenteux sur machines en utilisant deux séries de fils
The invention relates to crop netting materials, crop cover materials, and ground cover materials for agricultural applications, which is knitted, woven or non-woven, from a synthetic monofilament, multifilament yarn, or tape or combination thereof, formed from a resin comprising at least one pigment such that the monofilament, multifilament yarn, or tape, transmit solar radiation in the visible wavelength range of about 420 to 720 nm at a level similar to the level that the materials transmit solar radiation in the infra-red wavelength ranges of about 700 to about 1000 nm and 1500 to about 1600 nm. The materials also absorb solar radiation in the UV wavelength range of about 300 to about 380 nm.
A ground cover sheet material for use in agriculture is woven from warp and weft tapes of a plastics material and at least one warp tape comprising a wicking material to form a longitudinal wick in the sheet material through which water or vapour may flow or flow more freely than through the plastics material.
The present invention relates to ground cover sheet materials and to ground cover sheets comprising such materials. The ground cover sheet material absorbs more solar radiation than it reflects in the UV range of about 280-400nm, and reflects more solar radiation than it either transmits or absorbs in the visible range of about 400-700 nm and near infrared range of about 700-800 nm, and transmits at least part of solar radiation in the range about 800-2500 nm and at least part of solar radiation above about 2500 nm.
A netting material having a length dimension and a width dimension much smaller than the length dimension is formed by threads knitted or woven together. The netting material has a main portion comprising knitted or woven apertures, a reinforced edge portion at or adjacent each longitudinal edge of the netting material comprising a longitudinal row of knitted or woven fastening features, and a reinforced intermediate portion between the reinforced edge portions. The reinforced intermediate portion has a first longitudinal row of knitted or woven fastening features and a corresponding second longitudinal row of knitted or woven fastening features. In use, the netting material is folded so that the first longitudinal row of fastening features and the second longitudinal row of fastening features are brought together to form a double-layered row of fastening features. The double-layered row of fastening features and the row of fastening features of the reinforced edge portions provide three longitudinal attachment locations for securing the netting material to a support structure.
A01M 29/30 - Épouvantails ou dispositifs répulsifs, p. ex. pour oiseaux empêchant l'accès ou obstruant le passage, p. ex. au moyen de barrières, de pics, de cordons, d'obstacles ou d'aspersion d'eau
Crop protection netting is of a knitted mesh construction, knitted such that at yarn intersections in the netting multiple yarns of which the netting is formed are knitted around each other to define the netting mesh apertures so that the netting is stretchable in multiple directions, and wherein connecting yarn portions between said yarn intersections extend substantially linearly between intersections, and wherein at least one of the multiple yarns of which the netting is formed comprises a tape, and/or in addition to the multiple yarns of which the netting is formed (whether comprising a tape as above or otherwise) the netting also comprises multiple yarns or tapes extending through the netting (as a 'lay-in') woven through the mesh apertures and/or around intersections of the multiple yarns of which the netting is formed.
A netting material having a length dimension and a width dimension much smaller than the length dimension comprises a flap folded from a fold region of the netting material along a longitudinal fold line at a distance from a longitudinal edge of the netting. The flap therefore comprises at least two layers of the netting material folded together. One or more eyelets are provided in the flap.
A01G 13/10 - Dispositifs de protection contre les animaux, les oiseaux ou autres organismes nuisibles
A01G 13/02 - Couvertures protectrices pour les plantes; Dispositifs pour leur mise en place
A01G 9/12 - Supports de plantesTreillages pour fraises ou similaires
A01M 29/32 - Épouvantails ou dispositifs répulsifs, p. ex. pour oiseaux empêchant l'accès ou obstruant le passage, p. ex. au moyen de barrières, de pics, de cordons, d'obstacles ou d'aspersion d'eau spécialement adaptés aux oiseaux, p. ex. des pics
A45F 3/52 - Filets de protection contre les insectes
A reflective netting material suitable for providing over and/or adjacent the plant as bird netting, insect netting, shadecloth netting, windbreak netting, or hail protection netting, is knitted, woven, or non-woven, from a synthetic monofilament, yarn, or tape or combination thereof formed from a resin comprising at least one white pigment such that the monofilament, yarn, or tape reflects at least 30% solar radiation on average across the UV (wavelength about 280-400 nm), visible (wavelength about 400-700 nm) and very near infrared (wavelength about 700-800 nm) ranges, and which transmits at least 10% or 5% on average of solar radiation across the wavelength range about 800-2500 nm.
17 - Produits en caoutchouc ou en matières plastiques; matières à calfeutrer et à isoler
Produits et services
Plastic sheeting for use in agriculture and horticulture for covering, screening, shading, protecting, heat and light reflecting, and wind breaking, specifically excluding polyethylene solely as an extruded film for bags and polyethylene solely as an extruded film for use as black mulch film
17 - Produits en caoutchouc ou en matières plastiques; matières à calfeutrer et à isoler
Produits et services
plastic fabric sheeting for agricultural purposes, and plastic fibers, namely, monofilament yarns and tape yarns, sold as a component of plastic fabric sheeting for agricultural purposes
17 - Produits en caoutchouc ou en matières plastiques; matières à calfeutrer et à isoler
24 - Tissus et produits textiles
Produits et services
reflective plastic sheeting for enhancing fruit, plant and vegetable growth and preventing weed growth woven reflective plastic sheeting for enhancing fruit, plant and vegetable growth and preventing weed growth
