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US 11,298,655 B2Granted
Wall-mounted plant-based air purification system
AssigneeBiome Inc.
InventorsCollin Cavote, Collin Stoner
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to plant-based air purification systems and more particularly to wall mounted systems for removing impurities from indoor air using plants.
Claims19
A plant module, adapted to hold a root ball of a live plant, comprising:
- a rigid portion configured to at least partially enclose the root ball;
- and
- a sealing rim configured to support the plant module in a vertical plant holder while also forming a seal allowing for differences in air pressure between a first side of the sealing rim and an opposite side of the sealing rim, the plant module comprising at least one of:
- one or more interior baffles formed as part of the rigid portion for constraining movement of the root ball when inserted into the plant module;
- or
- one or more exterior features formed as part of the rigid portion for constraining movement of the plant module relative to a shipping container when the one or more exterior features are in contact with the shipping container and/or in contact with packing materials inside the shipping container.
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A vertical plant module holder, adapted to hold a plurality of plant modules,
- comprising:
- a front face, having thereon an array of openings for receiving plant modules;
- a plurality of watertight lips, wherein a watertight lip is provided for each opening of the array of openings, positioned to direct falling liquids from an exterior of the vertical plant module holder to an interior region of the vertical plant module holder;
- a rear face, wherein the front face and the rear face together at least partially enclose the interior region,
- wherein the rear face and the front face are connectable to form an airtight seal and a watertight seal.
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A system for indoor air purification comprising:
- a housing;
- a sensor board comprising a circuit board that is removable from the housing;
- a plurality of receptacles, each of which receives a respective plant module;
- at least one fan connected to and controlled by the sensor board;
- and
- at least one pump that pumps water to the receptacles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.