An artificial turf mat includes a backing and a number of protruding artificial grass blades divided into rows and connected thereto. The mutual distance between successive blades in a row is substantially equal to the distance between adjacent rows and amounts to at least 10 mm. Such an artificial turf mat can be used to form artificial turf fields, for example, on which sports, and in particular ball sports, are played.

The agricultural greenhouse of the invention and the plant cultivation method using the same can cultivate plants economically and efficiently with less energy per crop yield, as it is provided with a CO.sub.2 supply means, a heat-ray shielding means, and a dehumidification and cooling means, the heat-ray shielding means is formed of using a heat-ray reflecting film, and plural through holes are formed in the heat-ray shielding means. The heat-ray reflecting film structure can cultivate plants by the agricultural greenhouse utilizing sunlight economically and efficiently as it has a structure that narrow band-shaped tapes obtained by cutting a multi-layer laminated film made by laminating at least two kinds of resin layers with different refractive indices alternately and having an average transmittance at 80% or more for visible light and an average reflectance at 70% or more for heat-ray is woven or knitted as a warp or a weft.

An uncoated woven fabric of yarn formed from synthetic fibers woven in the warp direction and weft direction to form a top surface and a bottom surface wherein at least a portion of the yarn on the top surface or at least a portion of the yarn on the bottom surface has fibers with a permanently modified cross-section and that are fused together is provided. Methods for production and use of this fabric in application to products such as automobile airbags, sailcloths, inflatable slides, temporary shelters, tents, ducts, coverings and printed media are also provided.

In summary, the invention is directed to a strap for tensioning a vehicle side curtain, the strap comprising: a strap body having a plurality of warp yarns and a weft yarn, the weft yarn being interleaved with each of the plurality of warp yarns, wherein the warp yarns are tensioned in a substantially straight configuration; and a coating to retain the warp yarns in their straight configuration.

Methods of producing a graphic mesh for a solar module are described in which mesh parameters such as warp fiber thickness, weft fiber thickness, and open area size are determined to meet a target energetic efficiency and a chromatic effectiveness. In some embodiments, chromatic effectiveness is based on mesh count, where the mesh count is set according to a distance at which the mesh will be viewed when assembled into the solar module. The mesh has a plurality of warp fibers having the warp fiber thickness and a plurality of weft fibers having the weft fiber thickness, that are interlaced to form a plurality of mesh unit cells. A graphic appearance is printed into the mesh using a coloring substance, where the coloring substance is absorbed by the fiber material to form the graphic mesh.

At least some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a roofing accessory that includes a radiofrequency radiation shielding non-woven fiber composite material. The radiofrequency shielding non-woven fiber composite material includes a first fiber type that includes a conductive material, where the radiofrequency shielding non-woven fiber composite material has a sufficient amount of the first fiber type so as to result, when the radiofrequency shielding non-woven fiber composite material is positioned on a roof structure, in the radiofrequency shielding non-woven fiber composite material allowing for shielding a predetermined percentage of electromagnetic radiation passing through the roof structure. The radiofrequency shielding non-woven fiber composite material includes a second fiber type that includes a non-conductive material. The first fiber type and the second fiber type are randomly dispersed within the radiofrequency shielding non-woven fiber composite.

Methods of producing a graphic mesh for a solar module are described in which mesh parameters such as warp fiber thickness, weft fiber thickness, and open area size are determined to meet a target energetic efficiency and a chromatic effectiveness. In some embodiments, chromatic effectiveness is based on mesh count, where the mesh count is set according to a distance at which the mesh will be viewed when assembled into the solar module. The mesh has a plurality of warp fibers having the warp fiber thickness and a plurality of weft fibers having the weft fiber thickness, that are interlaced to form a plurality of mesh unit cells. A graphic appearance is printed into the mesh using a coloring substance, where the coloring substance is absorbed by the fiber material to form the graphic mesh.

A ripstop woven fabric woven from a combination of nylon yarn and polyester yarn. The nylon yarn forms between 40% to 80% of the woven fabric while the polyester yarn forms between 20% to 60% of the finished woven fabric. The fabric may be woven in a ripstop pattern. The face side of the ripstop fabric may be coated with one or more of a durable water repellent (DWR) and silicone coating, while the back side of the ripstop fabric is coated with a polyurethane coating. The ripstop fabric has an uncoated fabric weight range of between 23 and 40 GSM while the ripstop fabric has a coated fabric weight range of between 29 and 50 GSM.

A task is to provide a multilayer-structure cloth having excellent water vapor permeability, lightweight properties, stretchability, and thinness, and a method for producing the same and a fiber product. The task is attained by laminating a resin film on single circular knitted fabric which comprises a non-crimped synthetic fiber multifilament having a total fineness of 44 dtex or less, and which has a knitting density that is 45 to 130 course/2.54 cm and 55 to 120 wales/2.54 cm to obtain a multilayer-structure cloth.

The present disclosure provides a shade net made from a monofilament yarn and a shade house with the shade net made of the monofilament yarn. The proposed yarn has a low coefficient of thermal expansion a higher stiffness. The proposed shade net has a simpler construction and is lighter. A shade net made from the proposed monofilament yarn has demonstrated a capability of maintaining temperature and humidity within the shade house with a low co-efficient of variation of 10-15%, and maintaining a reduced temperature within the shade house by up to 3° C. compared to the ambient, with a result of an increased yield of crops by about 7-10% grown within the shade net.