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US 12,550,829 B2Granted
Pod and plant cultivation apparatus having same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYong Ki Jung, Tae Yang Lee
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Abstract
Proposed is a pod and a plant cultivation apparatus having the pod of the present disclosure. In the pod, cultivation preparation is completed simply by removing a package that covers an upper portion of a container constituting the pod and seating the pod on the plant cultivation apparatus. Accordingly, even a user who does not have background knowledge of plant cultivation easily cultivate plants.
Claims18
A pod for use in a plant cultivation apparatus, the pod comprising:
- a container defining a receiving space to receive at least one of a seed or a plant, and a medium containing nutrients for plant growth, the receiving space being open at an entrance at one side of the receiving space;
- and
- a cover shielding the entrance of the receiving space and extending to an inside of the container,
- wherein a protrusion protrudes downward from a bottom of the container in a direction away from the receiving space,
- wherein the protrusion comprises a protruding wall surrounding a seating space that communicates with the receiving space,
- wherein the pod further comprises an absorption material received in the seating space,
- wherein a slit is provided in a fore end of the protruding wall, so that external moisture is introduced through the slit and is absorbed by the absorption material,
- wherein the medium is received within the receiving space and above the protrusion,
- wherein the absorption material is configured to transfer the external moisture to the medium,
- wherein the protruding wall defines the seating space,
- wherein the absorption material is confined within the seating space,
- wherein the slit at the fore end of the protruding wall directly opens into the seating space, and
- wherein the protruding wall extends different distances from the bottom of the container at opposite sides of the slit to define a step in the fore end of the protruding wall at the slit.
10 more elements
A plant cultivation apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet providing a cultivation space;
- a door provided on the cabinet for opening and closing the cultivation space;
- a bed received in the cultivation space of the cabinet;
- a pod seated on the bed;
- and
- a water supply module provided between a bottom of the cultivation space and the bed in the cultivation space to supply water to the bed,
- wherein the pod comprises:
- a container having a receiving space to receive at least one of a seed or a plant, and a medium containing nutrients for plant growth, the receiving space being open at an entrance at one side of the receiving space;
- and
- a cover shielding the entrance of the receiving space, and extending to an inside of the container,
- wherein a protrusion protrudes downward from a bottom of the container in a direction away from the receiving space,
- wherein the protrusion comprises a protruding wall surrounding a seating space that communicates with the receiving space,
- wherein the pod further comprises an absorption material received in the seating space,
- wherein a slit is provided in a fore end of the protruding wall, so that external moisture is introduced through the slit and is absorbed by the absorption material,
- wherein the medium is received within the receiving space and above the protrusion,
- wherein the absorption material is configured to transfer the external moisture to the medium,
- wherein the protruding wall defines the seating space,
- wherein the absorption material is confined within the seating space,
- wherein the slit at the fore end of the protruding wall directly opens into the seating space, and
- wherein the protruding wall extends different distances from the bottom of the container at opposite sides of the slit to define a step in the fore end of the protruding wall at the slit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.