We at PlaySmart are proud to share the news that our SmartPlay safety system has been patented for use in the UK and parts of Europe. SmartPlay is an exclusive playground flooring innovation that can be used alongside our EcoSmart and FireSmart grass mats. SmartPlay’s primary purpose is to provide an enhanced safety surface for playgrounds and outdoor spaces across the country.

SmartPlay can increase the critical fall height protection of your grass mat surfacing by as much as 1 metre! This is hugely important to keep your playgrounds safe and reduce injury risks for children using playground equipment. The rubber shock pad underlay creates an extra barrier underneath the thick rubber grass mats. This spreads shocks across a wider area, significantly reducing the impact on the person falling.

Initially, we created SmartPlay to improve safety when using rubber grass mats for fall height protection. The absorbent shock pads help eliminate concerns about the safety of grass mats in ground conditions and weather. As well as providing that ‘added layer of safety,’ SmartPlay also reduces maintenance and improves the look of a playground by stopping the grass mats from sinking while encouraging grass to grow. SmartPlay can be used for a range of applications alongside grass mats and can even help alleviate grass erosion problems and mat subsidence.

Anthony, Managing Director at PlaySmart UK, shared his thoughts on our playground flooring innovation patent…

After all our hard work over recent years, I am excited to announce our newly awarded patent for the SmartPlay system. With the patent also extending to France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Ireland and Belgium, it gives us a foundation to, not only grow as a business, but to also create new opportunities to move PlaySmart’s safety surfacing into Europe.

PlaySmart has always prided itself on its innovative and forward thinking approach to safety surfacing solutions and now with our exclusive UK and European patent we feel that SmartPlay will really help us cement our position as a leader in the UK playground market.