Vertical assembly for growing plants
AssigneeFreight Farms, Inc.
InventorJon Friedman
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Abstract
A device for growing plants is provided. The device has a panel assembly on which a one or a plurality of nutrient flow channels is supported to provide nutrient flow passages from an inlet at an upper region to an outlet at a lower region of the support panel. A plurality of grow pockets is supported on an opposite side face of the support panel, the grow pockets in alignment with the nutrient flow channels. Each grow pocket has a plant access opening. A fluid aperture in the support panel is disposed at a lower region of each grow pocket for fluid communication between an interior of the grow pocket and the aligned nutrient flow passage.
Claims19
A device for growing plants comprising a panel assembly comprising:
- a support panel having a front face and a back face;
- a back panel fastened to the support panel along bond lines that form a nutrient flow channel supported on the back face of the support panel extending from an inlet at an upper region to an outlet at a lower region of the support panel, the support panel and the back panel being impermeable to retain a liquid nutrient solution within the nutrient flow channel;
- a front panel fastened to the front face of the support panel along bond lines that form a plurality of grow pockets, the plurality of grow pockets in vertical alignment with the nutrient flow channel, the front panel including a plant access opening therethrough to an interior of each grow pocket;
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- a plurality of fluid apertures in the support panel, each fluid aperture disposed at a lower region of an associated one of the plurality of grow pockets for fluid communication between the interior of each grow pocket and an interior of the nutrient flow channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.