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US 2013/0239476 A1Published application
Vegetated roof system
AssigneeMolly Meyer, LLC
InventorMolly Meyer
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include a green roof system that includes a tray or array of trays designed to work in a drip irrigation system. The tray frame preferably has an open bottom covered by a filter fabric.
Claims20
A tray for a modular green roof system, comprising:
- a frame having sidewalls defining a substantially polygonal shape around an interior volume configured for holding growing media;
- said interior volume defining a bottom face between the sidewalls, said frame defining an open space comprising at least a majority of the area of said bottom face;
- a filter fabric base adjacent said bottom face configured to support a filter fabric, which can be arranged to support growing media within said interior volume.
An arrangement of trays for a modular green roof system, comprising:
- a plurality of adjacent trays arrangeable on an underlying structure each having a frame;
- each frame having sidewalls defining a substantially polygonal shape around an interior volume configured for holding a growing media, said interior volume defining a bottom face between the sidewalls, each frame defining open space comprising at least a majority of the area of said bottom face;
- said sidewalls including lower vertical sidewall portions spaced inward towards the interior of each tray relative to upper sidewall portions, wherein the inward spaced distances of sidewall portions of adjacent trays define covered channels between adjacent trays;
- and,
- irrigation tubing arranged in at least one of said covered channels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.