Modular planting system for roof applications
AssigneeHortech, Inc.
InventorDavid S. MacKenzie
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Abstract
A green roof planter module includes a planter including a bottom wall, a plurality of sidewalls each including an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the bottom wall and the plurality of sidewalls cooperate with one another to form an interior space, and a biodegradable collar member extending upwardly from at least a select one of the biodegradable sidewalls, wherein at least a portion of the collar member is in-molded within the upper portion of at least one of the sidewalls, and wherein the collar member is adapted to retain a plant matter that extends above the plurality of sidewalls.
Claims24
A green roof modular system, comprising:
- at least four planter modules each comprising:
- a planter including a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls that cooperate with the bottom wall to form an interior space;
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- a biodegradable insert including a plurality of sidewalls that cooperate with one another to form an interior space, wherein the insert is adapted to retain a plant matter in the interior space of the insert, the plurality of sidewalls of the insert extending above the plurality of sidewalls of the planter, and wherein the plurality of the sidewalls of the insert are adapted to retain a plant matter that extends about the plurality of sidewalls of the planter;
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- wherein each of the planter modules abuts each of the remaining three planter modules such that substantially no gap exists between the abutting planter modules.
A method for installing a modular green roof system, comprising:
- providing at least four planter modules, wherein the steps of providing each planter module comprises:
- providing a planter that includes a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls each having an upper edge and that cooperate with the bottom wall to form an interior space;
- providing a biodegradable insert that includes a plurality of sidewalls each having an upper edge and that cooperate with one another to form an interior space;
- inserting the insert into the interior space of the planter such that the upper edge of the sidewalls of the insert extend upwardly from the upper edge of the sidewalls of the planter;
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- placing and growing a plant matter within the interior space of the insert such that at least a portion of the plant matter extends upwardly from the upper edge of the plurality of sidewalls of the planter;
- positioning each planter module such that each planter module abuts the remaining three planter modules and substantially no gap exists between the abutting planter modules;
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- allowing the insert of each of the planter modules to degrade from within the interior space of the planter of each of the planter modules such that the portion of the plant matter extending upwardly from the upper edge of the sidewalls of the planter abut a portion of plant matter extending upwardly from an upper edge of the planter of at least one of the other planter modules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.