Systems for securing flora fragments to an sub-aquatic substrate and methods related thereto
AssigneeReefgen, Inc.
InventorsZachary Radding, Abhimanyu Belani, Jonathan Pompa, Madeline Pomicter, David Solomon
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Abstract
A seagrass planting system that includes a planting spike. The planting spike includes: a tine end feature having a converging portion and a base portion having disposed thereon a seagrass securing mechanism for securing a seagrass segment; an alignment guide feature extending from the base portion, spanning from a first end to second end, and including a first alignment edge and a second alignment edge disposed on an area located between the first end and the second end; and force receiving feature extending at an angle relative to the second end.
Claims20
A seagrass planting system comprising:
- a planting spike including:
- a tine end feature having a converging portion and a base portion having disposed thereon a seagrass securing mechanism for securing a seagrass segment, wherein said converging portion is designed to penetrate a sub-aquatic substrate;
- an alignment guide feature extending from said base portion, spanning from a first end to second end, and including a first alignment edge and a second alignment edge disposed on an area located between said first end and said second end, wherein said first end extends an extending distance away said base portion and said first alignment edge and said second alignment edge are designed to align said planting spike within a planting rack;
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- a force receiving feature extending at an angle relative to said second end and designed to receive a pushing force to push said planting spike from said planting rack into said sub-aquatic substrate.
A method of planting a seagrass segment comprising:
- obtaining a seagrass segment;
- securing, using a seagrass securing mechanism, said seagrass segment to a planting spike to produce a prepared planting spike;
- loading said prepared planting spike into a planting rack such that said prepared planting spike is disposed between and contacts a first rail of said planting rack and a second rail of said planting rack;
- positioning said planting rack over a planting location;
- locating a pushing rod above said prepared planting spike;
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- moving said pushing rod from a retracted position to an extended position thereby pushing said prepared planting spike from said planting rack into a sub-aquatic substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.