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US 12,284,953 B2Granted
Modular hexagonal enclosure and coupling apparatus therefor
AssigneeThe Dunya Project, Inc.
InventorSugeevan Shanmuganathan
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Abstract
What is disclosed is a modular hydroponic enclosure comprising a hexagonally shaped base; a set of pillars attached to the hexagonally shaped base and to a hexagonally shaped roof, wherein the set of pillars support the roof. A method for a modular hydroponic enclosure comprising providing a hexagonally shaped base; providing a set of pillars attached to the hexagonally shaped base; and providing a hexagonally shaped roof attached to the set of pillars, and wherein the set of pillars support the roof.
Claims20
A modular enclosure, wherein:
- the modular enclosure is a hydroponic enclosure, further wherein:
- the modular enclosure comprises:
- a hexagonally shaped base, wherein:
- the base comprises a hexagonally shaped lower floor support shell, further wherein:
- the lower floor support shell comprises one or more lower floor support shell members,
- each of the one or more lower floor support shell members comprise a first and a second extrusion, wherein:
- each of the first and second extrusion comprises a pillar insertion receiving member, and
- the first extrusion is positioned higher relative to the second extrusion,
- the lower floor support shell members comprise a first lower floor support shell member coupled to a second lower floor support shell member, and
- the pillar insertion receiving member corresponding to the first extrusion corresponding to the first lower floor support shell member is vertically aligned with the pillar insertion receiving member corresponding to the second extrusion corresponding to the second lower floor support shell member,
- a growth subsystem comprising a tower having a top and a bottom, further wherein:
- the tower comprises a plurality of pods, and
- each of the plurality of pods holds a plant, and
- a set of pillars attached to the hexagonally shaped base and to a hexagonally shaped roof, wherein the set of pillars support the roof.
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A modular enclosure, wherein:
- the modular enclosure is a hydroponic enclosure, further wherein:
- the modular enclosure comprises:
- a hexagonally shaped base,
- a growth subsystem comprising a tower having a top and a bottom, further wherein:
- the tower comprises a plurality of pods, and
- each of the plurality of pods holds a plant, and
- a set of pillars attached to the hexagonally shaped base and to a hexagonally shaped roof, wherein:
- the set of pillars support the roof,
- the roof comprises a hexagonally shaped lower roof support shell,
- the lower roof support shell comprises one or more lower roof support shell members, and
- each of the one or more lower roof support shell members comprise a first and a second extrusion, wherein:
- each of the first and second extrusion comprises a pillar insertion receiving member, and
- the first extrusion is positioned higher relative to the second extrusion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.