                                 EX-10.7
                            PATENT APPLICATION

(b)  United States Patent Application No. 10/845,858

George S. Avery, May 14, 2004

Abstract

A golf mat includes artificial grass fibers attached to and extending
upward from a backing material, which may be one or more layers.  The
artificial grass fibers include groups of at least two different kinds
of fiber sewn through a common path in the backing material.  One of
the kinds of fibers in each group is shaped so as to appear like a
blade of grass.  The other kind of fiber in each group is pre-
stressed/crimped so that the relaxed shape of the fiber is non-linear.
resembling a curlicued or articulated form having lateral excursions.
The latera1 excursions cause portions of one such pre-stressed fiber
to overlap and interfere with another, forming a mesh.  The height of
the pre-stressed fibers in their relaxed state in the turf is less
than the height of the relatively unstressed artificial grass
fiber(s). The crimped fibers form a resilient mat with impact
characteristics similar to natural turf.

