
EX-10.3               ASSIGNMENT OF U.S. ORIGIN PATENT APPLICATION

                     ASSIGNMENT OF U.S. ORIGIN PATENT APPLICATION


     WHEREAS, the undersigned, George S. Avery, has made an invention
entitled Artificial Turf With Granule Retaining Fibers for which an
application for Letters Patent of the United States was filed in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office on December 10, 2003 under
Serial No. 10/733,806 and

     WHEREAS, AVERY SPORTS TURF, INC. (hereinafter ASSIGNEE), a
corporation of the State of Delaware, having a place of business at
7550 24th Avenue South, Suite 168, Minneapolis, MN 55450, desires to
acquire an interest therein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, said ASSIGNOR does
hereby sell, assign and transfer unto ASSIGNEE, its successors, assigns
and legal representatives, the full and exclusive right, title and
interest to the said invention in the United States and all foreign
countries, as described in the aforesaid application, and to the said
application and to all continuations, divisions, reissues and
substitutes of said application, together with the right of priority
under the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial
Property, Inter-American Convention Relating to Patents, Designs and
Industrial Models, and any other international agreements to which the
United States of America adheres, and ASSIGNOR hereby authorizes and
requests the Commissioner of Patents to issue said Letters Patent to
ASSIGNEE, for its interest as ASSIGNEE, its successors, assigns and
legal representatives.

     AND ASSIGNOR hereby agrees to execute any papers requested by
ASSIGNEE, its successors, assigns and legal representatives, deemed
essential to ASSIGNEE's full protection and title in and to the
invention hereby transferred.

     ASSIGNOR furthermore agrees upon request of said ASSIGNEE, and
without further remuneration, to execute any and all papers desired by
said ASSIGNEE for the filing and granting of foreign applications and
the perfecting of title thereto in said ASSIGNEE.

     Executed on the date below indicated.


Signature                  Date Signed                 Witness

/s/  George S. Avery      December 19, 2003


