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A durable and wear resistant synthetic sports transition turf field having at least two strips with a plurality of fibrillated polypropylene strands tufted within a backing material. The strands are tufted in a wide variety of pile heights, patterns, gauges, and stitch patterns depending upon end us

A durable and wear resistant synthetic sports transition turf field having at least two strips with a plurality of fibrillated polypropylene strands tufted within a backing material. The strands are tufted in a wide variety of pile heights, patterns, gauges, and stitch patterns depending upon end use. The backing material consists of at least two layers of a woven material, with the bottommost one coated with a secondary coating used to contain the ends of the plurality of strands. The strips are placed onto a shock layer and coupled together using a hook and loop fastening system. The field is covered with an infill preferably consisting of resilient particles. The field is easily installed and removed and is ideal for use in indoor, multiuse sports and entertainment facilities that require a multitude of different flooring surfaces.

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1. A transition turf field comprising: (a) a discrete shock resistant layer applied over top of a substrate, said shock resistant layer having an upper surface and a lower surface;(b) a first strip of a synthetic grass material having a bottom surface placed onto said upper surface of said shock res

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A transition turf field comprising: (a) a discrete shock resistant layer applied over top of a substrate, said shock resistant layer having an upper surface and a lower surface;(b) a first strip of a synthetic grass material having a bottom surface placed onto said upper surface of said shock resistant layer, said first strip of synthetic grass material comprising a plurality of layers of an all-woven backing material; a plurality of fibrillated synthetic grass strands tufted through said all-woven backing material such that said ends of said plurality of fibrillated strands extend above said all woven backing material at a first height; and a secondary coating coated to a bottommost one of said plurality of layers of said backing material such that a tufted portion of said plurality of fibrillated synthetic grass strands is contained between said secondary coating and said bottommost one of said plurality of layers of said backing material,said first strip further comprising a first portion of a hook and loop fastening system coupled to said bottom surface of said first strip of said synthetic grass material such that said secondary coating is located between said first portion and said bottommost one of said plurality of layers, said first portion selected from the group consisting of a male portion and a female portion, wherein a portion of said first portion of said hook and loop fastening system extends beyond an edge of said first strip and is therefore not abutting said secondary coating of said first strip and wherein said first portion coupled to said first strip does not abut the entirety of said secondary coating, said first portion of said hook and loop fastening system faces upwardly and covers at least said portion that extends beyond said edge of said first strip;(c) a second strip of said synthetic grass material placed onto said upper surface of said shock resistant layer, said second strip further comprising a second portion of said hook and loop fastening system coupled to said bottom surface of said second strip of said synthetic grass material such that said secondary coating is located between said second portion and said bottommost one of said plurality of layers of said second strip and wherein said second portion coupled to said second strip does not abut the entirety of said secondary coating, said second portion selected from the group consisting of said male portion and said female portion and wherein the first and second portions together do not abut the entirety of the secondary coating on each first and second strips, wherein said second portion comprises said male portion when said first portion comprises said female portion and wherein said first portion comprises said male portion when said second portion comprises said female portion;wherein said first portion of said first portion of said hook and loop fastening system is coupled to said second portion of said hook and loop fastening system of said second strip of said synthetic grass material;(d) an infill layer placed onto said first strip and said second strip, wherein the thickness of said infill layer is less than said first height of said first strip and said second strip, said infill layer comprising a plurality of resilient particles. 2. The transition turf of claim 1, wherein said first strip further comprises said first portion of another hook and loop fastening system coupled to said first strip of said synthetic grass material such that said secondary coating is located between said first portion and said bottommost one of said plurality of layers, wherein another portion of said secondary coating is not coupled to either of said hook and loop fastening system or said another of said hook and loop fastening system; said first portion of another hook and loop fastening system faces upwardly. 3. The transition turf of claim 1, wherein said second strip further comprises said first portion of another hook and loop fastening system coupled to said second strip of said synthetic grass material such that said secondary coating is located between said first portion and said bottommost one of said plurality of layers of said second strip, wherein another portion of said secondary coating is not coupled to either of said hook and loop fastening system or said another of said hook and loop fastening system. 4. The transition turf of claim 2 further comprising: (e) a third strip of said synthetic grass material placed onto said optional shock resistant layer, said third strip further comprising said second portion of a hook and loop fastening system coupled to said third strip of said synthetic grass material such that said secondary coating is located between said second portion and said bottommost one of said plurality of layers, wherein a portion of said second portion of said hook and loop fastening system extends beyond an edge of said third strip and is therefore not abutting said secondary coating of said third strip and wherein said second portion coupled to said third strip does not abut the entirety of said secondary coating; wherein said portion of said second portion of said hook and loop fastening system of said third strip of said synthetic grass material is coupled to said first portion of said hook and loop fastening portion of said first strip of said synthetic grass material. 5. The transition turf of claim 1, wherein said infill layer comprises a mixture of cryogenically ground vulcanized rubber scrap particles and ambiently ground rubber particles. 6. The transition turf of claim 5, wherein said mixture has a sieve size between about 8 and 30 mesh. 7. The transition turf of claim 5, wherein said mixture has a sieve size between about 14 and 30 mesh. 8. The transition turf of claim 1, wherein said thickness of said infill layer comprises at least 80 percent of said first height above said all woven backing material. 9. The transition turf of claim 1, wherein the gauge of said plurality of fibrillated synthetic grass strands tufted through said all-woven backing material is between about ⅛ and ½ inch. 10. The transition turf of claim 1, wherein the stitch rate of said plurality of fibrillated synthetic grass strands tufted through said all-woven backing material is between about 7 and 24 stitches per 3-inch period. 11. The transition turf of claim 1, wherein each strand of said plurality of fibrillated strands has a denier between about 8,000 and 10,000. 12. The transition turf of claim 1 further comprising: (e) a polywood fastener coupled to said synthetic grass material. 13. A method for forming a transition turf field comprising: (a) providing a substrate;(b) introducing a discrete shock resistant layer over top of said substrate;(c) forming a plurality of strips of a synthetic grass material, each of said plurality of strips comprising a plurality of layers of an all-woven backing material; a plurality of fibrillated synthetic grass strands tufted through said all-woven backing material such that said ends of said plurality of fibrillated strands extend above said all woven backing material at a first height; and a secondary coating coated to a bottommost one of said plurality of layers of said backing material such that a tufted portion of said plurality of fibrillated synthetic grass strands is contained between said secondary coating and said bottommost one of said plurality of layers of said backing material; each of said plurality of strips having a top surface from which said plurality of fibrillated synthetic grass strands extend and a bottom surface that lies over top of said discrete shock resistant layer;(d) coupling a first portion of a hook and loop fastening system to the bottom surface of each respective one of said plurality of strips such that said secondary coating is located between said first portion and said bottommost one of said plurality of layers and wherein said first portion does not abut the entirety of said secondary coating on each respective one of said plurality of strips, said first portion of said hook and loop fastening system faces upwardly and covers at least said portion that extends beyond said edge of said first strip; and(e) coupling a second portion of said hook and loop fastening system to a bottom portion of said each respective one of said plurality of strips such that said secondary coating is located between said second portion and said bottommost one of said plurality of layers and wherein said second portion does not abut the entirety of said secondary coating on each respective one of said plurality of strips and wherein said first portion and said second portion together do not abut the entirety of said secondary coating on each respective one of said plurality of strips, wherein a portion of said second portion of said hook and loop fastening system extends beyond an edge of said first strip and is therefore not abutting said secondary coating of said first strip, said first portion and said second portion being selected from the group consisting of a male portion and a female portion, wherein said second portion comprises said male portion when said first portion comprises said female portion and wherein said first portion comprises said male portion when said second portion comprises said female portion;(f) placing a first strip of said plurality of strips onto said substrate over said shock resistant layer;(g) placing another strip of said plurality of strips onto said substrate over said shock resistant layer such that said first portion of said another strip of said plurality of strips is reversibly coupled to said portion of said second portion of said hook and loop fastening system of said first strip of said plurality of strips that extends beyond said edge of said opposite side;(h) placing a third strip of said plurality of strips over said shock resistant layer such that said first portion of said third strip is reversibly coupled to said second portion of said first strip;(i) introducing a fourth strip of said plurality of strips over said shock resistant layer such that said first portion of said fourth strip is reversibly coupled with said second portion of said third strip;(j) introducing a layer of infill onto said all-woven backing material to a second height, said second height being less than said first height, said layer of infill comprising a plurality of resilient particles having a mesh size between about 8 and 30; and(k) coupling said synthetic grass system to a polywood fastener such that said discrete shock resistant layer is disposed between said plywood fastener and said bottom surface of each of said plurality of strips. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein (j) introducing a layer of infill onto said plurality of strips and each of said plurality of adjacent strips to a second height comprises (j) introducing a layer of infill onto said plurality of strips and each of said plurality of adjacent strips to a second height, said second height less than said first height, said second height being at least about ⅘ of said first height, said layer of infill comprising a plurality of resilient particles having a mesh size between about 8 and 30.