Seed cartridge assembly for enclosed growing environment
AssigneeHeliponix, LLC
InventorsScott Thomas Massey, Ivan Lee Ball
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Abstract
A seed cartridge configured for indoor growing appliances. The seed cartridge is a self-contained apparatus having a structure that contain one or more seeds suspended in one or more layers of substrate. The structure of the seed cartridge includes a removable top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface. The side surface is substantially coned shaped to provide a larger top surface when compared with the bottom surface and include one or more openings, holes, or slits along the exterior side surface to allow water to be delivered from the indoor growing appliances to the seeds.
Claims20
A cartridge comprising:
- a body having a bottom surface and a side surface defining a cavity, the side surface and bottom surface including a plurality of openings and wherein:
- the plurality of openings are arranged in at least a first column and a second column;
- a first opening of the first column positioned closer to the bottom surface of the body than a second opening of the first column;
- the second opening of the first column positioned below the first opening of the first column, a third opening of the first column positioned below the second opening, and wherein a length of the second opening of the first column is greater than a length of the first opening of the first column and a length of the third opening of the first column is greater than the length of the second opening of the third column;
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- a lid releasably coupled to the body.
A system comprising:
- a seed cartridge having a side surface and a bottom surface defining a cavity and including a plurality of openings, the cavity containing seeds and growth medium;
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- a planting column having a plurality of receptacles, a first receptacle of the plurality of receptacles configured to receive the seed cartridge and the planting column is formed from a plurality of rings, individual rings of the planting column having a male connector and a female connector to engage with an adjacent ring of the planting column and the planting column further comprises at least one gasket between each adjacent pair of the plurality of rings.
A system comprising:
- a seed cartridge having a side surface and a bottom surface defining a cavity and including a plurality of openings, the cavity containing seeds and growth medium and wherein the plurality of openings are arranged in at least a first column and a second column and a first opening of the first column positioned closer to the bottom surface than a second opening of the first column;
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- an enclosed growing environment comprising:
- a planting column having a plurality of receptacles and formed from a plurality of rings, a first receptacle of the plurality of receptacles configured to receive the seed cartridge and individual rings of the planting column having a male connector and a female connector to engage with an adjacent ring of the planting column;
- a rotational base to couple to the planting column;
- a watering system to provide at least one of water or nutrients to the seed cartridge;
- at least one sensor for generating sensor data associated with the planting column;
- at least one illuminator for generating light within an enclosure of the enclosed growing environment;
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- a control system to determine at least one feature of the seed cartridge based at least in part on the sensor data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.