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US 12,550,834 B2Granted
Autonomous wall mounted garden
AssigneeR&R Garden Company
InventorsRiley Kuffner, Randall Shapiro, Rashed Alkhlaifat, Brian Frost, Alexander Rodriguez, Simon Lancaster, Michael Beadle, Vaibhav Gupta
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Abstract
The invention is an autonomous wall garden system containing removeable trays, a water delivery system, a tray water level sensor system, and optional grow lights and user interface. The present invention provides a vertical plant growing environment that can be configured to monitor and, in certain cases automatically provide, the appropriate light, temperature, humidity and water for the specific plants in the garden.
Claims14
A wall garden system comprising:
- a structural frame configured to provide structure and support for the wall garden system;
- a front face insert that attaches within the structural frame;
- at least one shelf which is attached to or incorporated into the front face insert;
- at least one plant tray configured to sit on the at least one shelf and within the front face insert and further configured to hold an at least one plant growing system and an amount of water;
- at least one tray water level sensor system configured to measure the amount of water in the at least one tray;
- a water delivery system configured to deliver water to the at least one tray;
- a microprocessor or microcontroller unit to control the at least one tray water level sensor system and the water delivery system;
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- a power source,
- wherein a bottom of each plant tray is configured to have at least one plant tray foot;
- and
- wherein each shelf is configured to have a groove that mates with the plant tray foot to ensure the proper alignment of the tray on the shelf.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.