Vertical growing system

A vertical growing system, comprising:

• a vertical post secured at its lower end;
• an uppermost multiple arm structure, comprising,
• a series of uppermost multiple arm structure arms that extend horizontally outward from the vertical post adjacent its top end, wherein each of the uppermost multiple arm structure arms comprises a gear attached to its distal end whose face is oriented perpendicular to the arm and which rotates in response to a driven rotation of the arm or a part thereof about its longitudinal axis;
• a lowermost multiple arm structure, comprising,
• a series of lowermost multiple arm structure arms that extend horizontally outward from the vertical post adjacent its lower end, wherein each of the lowermost multiple arm structure arms is aligned in the same vertical plane as a corresponding arm of the uppermost multiple arm structure, and wherein each of the arms of the lowermost multiple arm structure comprises a gear attached to its distal end whose face is oriented perpendicular to the arm and which rotates in response to a driven rotation of the arm or a part thereof about its longitudinal axis;
• a plurality of chains, wherein each chain connects and is rotated about the gears associated with a different set of vertically aligned arms of the uppermost and lowermost multiple arm structures;
• a plurality of motor assemblies, wherein each motor assembly is connected to a proximal end of a different one of the arms of the uppermost and lowermost multiple arm structures, and wherein each motor assembly drives the rotation of the arm it is connected to, and wherein the uppermost and lowermost multiple arm structure motor assemblies are synchronized with each other such that the gears associated with each set of vertically aligned arms of the uppermost and lowermost multiple arm structures rotate in the same rotational direction and at the same speed;
• a plurality plant support bar pairs connected to each of said plurality of chains, wherein each plant support bar of each pair of plant support bars extends horizontally from a different side of its associated chain at the same vertical height, with one plant support bar of each pair extending toward the vertical post and the other extending in the opposite direction away from the vertical post, and wherein each plant support bar is capable of supporting one or more plant hangers that each securely hold a plant;
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• a vertical growing system controller comprising one or more computing devices, and a vertical growing system control computer program having a plurality of sub-programs executable by said computing device or devices, wherein the sub-programs configure said computing device or devices to control the motor assemblies to rotate the gears on the uppermost and lowermost arms of the multiple arm structures to bring one or more plants to a particular vertical height.

A vertical growing system, comprising:

• a vertical post secured at its lower end;
• an uppermost multiple arm structure, comprising,
• a series of uppermost multiple arm structure arms that extend horizontally outward from the vertical post adjacent its top end, wherein each of the uppermost multiple arm structure arms comprises a gear attached to its distal end whose face is oriented perpendicular to the arm and which rotates in response to a driven rotation of the arm or a part thereof about its longitudinal axis;
• a lowermost multiple arm structure, comprising,
• a series of lowermost multiple arm structure arms that extend horizontally outward from the vertical post adjacent its lower end, wherein each of the lowermost multiple arm structure arms is aligned in the same vertical plane as a corresponding arm of the uppermost multiple arm structure, and wherein each of the arms of the lowermost multiple arm structure comprises a gear attached to its distal end whose face is oriented perpendicular to the arm and which rotates in response to a driven rotation of the arm or a part thereof about its longitudinal axis;
• a plurality of chains, wherein each chain connects and is rotated about the gears associated with a different set of vertically aligned arms of the uppermost and lowermost multiple arm structures;
• a plurality plant support bar pairs connected to each of said plurality of chains, wherein each plant support bar of each pair of plant support bars extends horizontally from a different side of its associated chain at the same vertical height, with one plant support bar of each pair extending toward the vertical post and the other extending in the opposite direction away from the vertical post;
• one or more plant hangers that are removable hung from each plant support bar and which each securely hold a plant, and wherein each plant hanger takes the form of a small greenhouse that assists in controlling the environment for a plan held therein.

A vertical growing system, comprising:

• a vertical post secured at its lower end;
• an uppermost multiple arm structure, comprising,
• a series of uppermost multiple arm structure arms that extend horizontally outward from the vertical post adjacent its top end, wherein each of the uppermost multiple arm structure arms comprises a gear attached to its distal end whose face is oriented perpendicular to the arm and which rotates in response to a driven rotation of the arm or a part thereof about its longitudinal axis;
• a lowermost multiple arm structure, comprising,
• a series of lowermost multiple arm structure arms that extend horizontally outward from the vertical post adjacent its lower end, wherein each of the lowermost multiple arm structure arms is aligned in the same vertical plane as a corresponding arm of the uppermost multiple arm structure, and wherein each of the arms of the lowermost multiple arm structure comprises a gear attached to its distal end whose face is oriented perpendicular to the arm and which rotates in response to a driven rotation of the arm or a part thereof about its longitudinal axis;
• a plurality of chains, wherein each chain connects and is rotated about the gears associated with a different set of vertically aligned arms of the uppermost and lowermost multiple arm structures;
• and
• a plurality support bar pairs connected to each of said plurality of chains, wherein each support bar of each pair of support bars extends horizontally from a different side of its associated chain at the same vertical height, with one support bar of each pair extending toward the vertical post and the other extending in the opposite direction away from the vertical post, and wherein each support bar is capable of supporting one or more growing structures for holding organisms being grown.