US 11,723,318 B2Granted

Indoor plant-growing system

OwnerMatthew Sean Rubin, John August Merryman +1inventors

InventorsMatthew Sean Rubin, John August Merryman, Anthony John DeMatteo

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Abstract

An indoor plant-growing system is an apparatus that includes a housing, at least one trellis, a reflective foil, at least one panel light, and a plurality of strip lights. The housing contains the at least one trellis, the at least one panel light, and the plurality of strip lights. The housing maintains an environment to grow a variety of plants, preferably, vine-type plants. The housing includes a growing chamber and a nutrient reservoir. The growing chamber houses variety of plants, and the nutrient reservoir supplies the growing chamber with a water supply and nutrients. The nutrient reservoir maintained preferably with fish in addition to at least one environmental sensor and at lease one aerator. The at least one panel light and the plurality of strip lights provide thorough lighting needed by the variety of plants. The reflective foil reflects the light to ensure lighting within a fully grown vine plant.

Claims17

Dependent claims

An indoor plant-growing system comprises:

a housing;
at least one trellis;
a reflective foil;
at least one panel light;
a plurality of strip lights;
the housing comprises a growing chamber and a nutrient reservoir;
the growing chamber comprises a chamber floor, at least one perforated base plate, and a plurality of slots;
the growing chamber being fixed adjacent with the nutrient reservoir;
the at least one trellis and the reflective foil being positioned within the growing chamber;
the reflective foil being superimposed across the growing chamber;
the chamber floor being positioned adjacent with and across a reservoir opening of the nutrient reservoir;
the at least one perforated base plate being removably mounted into the chamber floor;
the at least one trellis being fixed onto the at least one perforated base plate;
the plurality of slots traversing through the reflective foil, adjacent to the at least one perforated base plate;
the at least one panel light being mounted within the growing chamber, opposite the chamber floor;
the at least one panel light being oriented towards the at least one trellis;
each of the plurality of strip lights being laterally mounted within the at least one trellis;
the plurality of strip lights being positioned offset from each other along the at least one trellis;
and,
the growing chamber being in fluid communication with the nutrient reservoir through the perforated base and the plurality of slots.

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An indoor plant-growing system comprises:

a housing;
at least one trellis;
a reflective foil;
at least one panel light;
a plurality of strip lights;
the housing comprises a growing chamber and a nutrient reservoir;
the growing chamber comprises a chamber floor, at least one perforated base plate, and a plurality of slots;
the at least one trellis comprises a plurality of vertical posts and a plurality of lattice shelves;
each of the plurality of lattice shelves comprises a shelf frame and a wire grid;
the growing chamber being fixed adjacent with the nutrient reservoir;
the at least one trellis and the reflective foil being positioned within the growing chamber;
the reflective foil being superimposed across the growing chamber;
the chamber floor being positioned adjacent with and across a reservoir opening of the nutrient reservoir;
the at least one perforated base plate being removably mounted into the chamber floor;
the at least one trellis being fixed onto the at least one perforated base plate;
the plurality of slots traversing through the reflective foil, adjacent to the at least one perforated base plate;
the at least one panel light being mounted within the growing chamber, opposite the chamber floor;
the at least one panel light being oriented towards the at least one trellis;
each of the plurality of strip lights being laterally mounted within the at least one trellis;
the plurality of strip lights being positioned offset from each other along the at least one trellis;
the growing chamber being in fluid communication with the nutrient reservoir through the perforated base and the plurality of slots;
the plurality of lattice shelves being serially distributed along the plurality of vertical posts;
each of the plurality of vertical posts being fixed normal to the at least one perforated base plate;
the shelf frame being positioned parallel and offset from the at least one perforated base plate;
the plurality of vertical posts being fixed around the shelf frame;
and,
the shelf frame being perimetrically connected to the wire grid.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/190,332Filed 2 Mar 2021 · us provisional application
Priority: 2 Mar 2020
Published: US 2021/0267135 A12 Sep 2021
Granted: 15 Aug 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

A01G 9/143
Greenhouses: equipment for handling produce in greenhouses
A01G 9/247
Devices or systems for heating, ventilating, regulating temperature , illuminating, or watering, in greenhouses, forcing-frames, or the like:…
A01G 9/1438
Greenhouses: covering materials therefor; Materials for protective coverings used for soil and plants, e.g. films, canopies, tunnels or cloches
A01G 9/249
Devices or systems for heating, ventilating, regulating temperature , illuminating, or watering, in greenhouses, forcing-frames, or the like:…