Soil stabilizer carrier

• US 20140109476A1
• Filed: 10/22/2012
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Skyline Encap Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Daniel P. Madigan, Michael Dennis Kyrsiak
• Inventors: Madigan, Daniel Paul, Kyrsiak, Michael Dennis
• Granted Patent: US 9,441,340 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 47/58.1SC
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 1/06 Coating or dressing seed
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 25/14 wettable
• CPC Class Codes: C05B 17/00 Other phosphatic fertilisers, e.g. soft rock phosphates, bone meal
• CPC Class Codes: C05B 7/00 Fertilisers based essentially on alkali or ammonium orthophosphates C05B11/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C05G 3/80 Soil conditioners
• CPC Class Codes: C05G 5/12 Granules or flakes
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 17/22 Polyacrylates; Polymethacrylates
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 17/52 Mulches
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 2300/0082 Cellulose
• CPC Class Codes: E02D 3/12 Consolidating by placing solidifying or pore-filling substances in the soil making piles E02D5/46; soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C09K17/00; consolidation of ground around boreholes or wells E21B43/025

Abstract

A method for applying a water soluble soil stabilizer to soil wherein the soil stabilizer is added to a solid carrier.

Claims

1. A method of applying a water-soluble soil stabilizer to a solid carrier for applying the solid carrier to soil;

impregnating, applying and/or adding said water-soluble soil stabilizer to said solid carrier;

said soil stabilizer being within or on said solid carrier, and leaching out from said solid carrier when water is applied;

said PAM binding to said soil once it leaches out of said solid carrier;

wherein the amount of soil stabilizer placed in or on said solid carrier relates to said amount of soil stabilizer to be leached out of said solid carrier.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the soil stabilizer is PAM.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the solid carrier is a soil amendment, fertilizer, soil conditioner and/or waste product.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising adding fertilizers and/or soil amendments to said solid carrier.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said solid carrier is comprised of organic and/or inorganic materials.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising adding pesticides and/or herbicides to said solid carrier.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said solid carrier comprises fibrous material, a seed, a mulch, and/or a material that was previously treated with water-soluble soil stabilizer;

wherein said material from mineral and coal processing;

petroleum production, paper making, water treating, and food processing.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said solid carrier is formed by a size reduction and/or an agglomeration process.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer reduces need for erosion mats;

increases permeability of said soil;

binds to said soil to increase infiltration of said fertilizer and water within said soil;

improves water infiltration of said soil, thereby improving soils ability to absorb water; and

or improves water infiltration of said soil, thereby reducing the amount and/or frequency of water needed for said soil.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer reduces soil packing and cracking;

improves soil tillability;

reduces rilling of said soil;

reduces runoff and leaching of microbes in said soil;

reduces total fecal coliform bacteria and fecal strep leaching and runoff from said soil;

reduces runoff of pesticides, herbicides, insecticides and/or fertilizers;

reduces time for seed emergence within said soil; and

/or reduces soil borne diseases within said soil.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer is an anticrusting agent in said soil.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer binds to fertilizer to reduce leaching of said fertilizer within said soil;

binds to said soil and fertilizer to reduce runoff of said fertilizer from said soil; and

/or binds to said soil and fertilizer to hold said fertilizer in said soil.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer reduces erosion of said soil, thereby reducing erosion of said fertilizer, thereby reducing fertilizer usage and fertilizer cost per acre;

and/or improves water infiltration of said soil, thereby reducing erosion of said fertilizer, thereby reducing fertilizer usage and fertilizer cost per acre.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer holds nutrients in said soil, thereby reducing fertilizer usage and cost per acre;

prevents movement of sediment containing nutrient, pesticides and other matter; and

/or controls erosive forces by holding soils in place and ionically bonding them together to increase particle size.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer improves survival and growth of plants;

improves root growth of plants within said soil; and

/or improves crop yield within said soil.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein said water-soluble soil stabilizer results in a cleaner harvest of root crop;

expedites crop maturity;

increases viability of shrub, tree, and/or vegetable transplants;

deepens plant rooting in said soil;

advances planting dates by drying said soil faster; and

increases germination rates of seed in said soil.