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US 10,945,382 B2Granted
Soil module and method of manufacture thereof
AssigneeGrowSquares Inc.
InventorsZachary Witman, John Dinning, Daeshuan McClintock
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Abstract
A self-contained soil module, the soil module including a biodegradable outer frame forming the shape of the soil module, a biodegradable wrapping disposed within the biodegradable outer frame, a soil composition contained within the biodegradable wrapping and at least one plant seed of at least one type of plant disposed within the soil module.
Claims16
A self-contained soil module, the self-contained soil module comprising:
- a biodegradable outer frame forming an outer surface of the self-contained soil module comprising a top side, a bottom side, and one or more side walls, wherein the biodegradable outer frame is constructed from at least a mycelium sheet, the mycelium sheet grown from a mycelium substrate mixture, the mycelium substrate mixture configured to grow such that the mycelium substrate mixture fully forms at least one of the top side, the bottom side, and the one or more side walls;
- a soil composition disposed within the biodegradable outer frame;
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- an inner layer comprising a biodegradable wrapping disposed within the biodegradable outer frame, the biodegradable wrapping comprising an upper sheet and a lower sheet, wherein the upper sheet and the lower sheet are situated in parallel planes;
- at least one plant seed of at least one type of plant disposed between the upper sheet and the lower sheet;
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- a grid structure disposed on the bottom side, the grid structure in contact with the one or more side walls.
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A self-contained soil module, the self-contained soil module comprising:
- a biodegradable outer frame forming an outer surface of the self-contained soil module comprising a top side, a bottom side, and one or more side walls, wherein the biodegradable outer frame is constructed from at least a mycelium sheet, the mycelium sheet grown from a mycelium substrate mixture, the mycelium substrate mixture configured to grow such that the mycelium substrate mixture fully forms at least one of the top side, the bottom side, and the one or more side walls;
- the top side, bottom side, and one or more side walls affixed together using a mastic;
- a soil composition disposed within the biodegradable outer frame;
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- an inner layer comprising a biodegradable wrapping disposed within the biodegradable outer frame, the biodegradable wrapping comprising an upper sheet and a lower sheet, wherein the upper sheet and the lower sheet are situated in parallel planes;
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- at least one plant seed of at least one type of plant disposed between the upper sheet and the lower sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.