Ecologically green facade for a building wall
OwnerHenry H. Bilgeinventor
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Abstract
An ecologically green unit to be mounted on an existing wall, includes a base frame; a securing arrangement for securing the base frame as a façade to a front face of an existing wall of a building; a plant root securing mat for securing roots of plants in the base frame; a plant guide formed of a mesh of wires at a front of the base frame for orienting and maintaining the plants in a desired orientation; a water supplying arrangement for supplying water to the plants in the base frame, the water supplying arrangement including at least one capillary member for wicking water to different areas within the base frame and an arrangement for collecting and supplying rain water to the base frame; and an arrangement for directing sunlight to an interior of the base frame.
Claims32
An ecologically green unit to be mounted on an existing wall,
- comprising:
- a base frame;
- a securing arrangement for securing the base frame as a façade to a front face of an existing wall of a building;
- a plant root securing arrangement for securing roots of plants in the base frame;
- a plant guide for orienting and maintaining the plants in a desired horizontal orientation;
- a water supplying arrangement for supplying water to the plants in the base frame;
- wherein the water supplying arrangement includes at least one capillary member for wicking water to different areas within said base frame;
- and wherein the at least one capillary member includes a plurality of capillary tubes arranged in a mesh arrangement in a plurality of layers, with the capillary tubes in each layer being in spaced apart relation and the capillary tubes in different layers extending in different directions so as to create spaces between the capillary tubes for receiving soil for plant growth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.