US 12,232,459 B2
Controller-operated vertical farming system using transportable modules
Philipp Hertel, Victoria (CA); and Ian Mathieson, Victoria (CA)
Assigned to Cloud Produce Inc., Belmont, CA (US)
Filed by Cloud Produce Inc., Belmont, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/519,511.
Application 18/519,511 is a continuation of application No. 17/940,644, filed on Sep. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,825,787.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/345,283, filed on May 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/241,915, filed on Sep. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0081208 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A01G 31/06 (2006.01); A01G 31/00 (2018.01)
CPC A01G 31/06 (2013.01) [A01G 2031/006 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vertical farming system comprising:
a set of transportable farming modules, each module having a plurality of vertically arranged farming tiers, wherein each tier comprises:
a distinct aqueous input configured to receive an aqueous nutrient solution,
a grow trough having a drain hole coupled to a distinct aqueous drain output, and an aqueous overflow hole, distinct from the drain hole, coupled to a distinct aqueous overflow output, and
wherein:
the overflow hole is located higher than the drain hole in the grow trough;
the distinct aqueous overflow output is coupled to the distinct aqueous drain output; and
for each tier other than a bottom tier, the distinct aqueous drain output is coupled to the distinct aqueous input of a tier immediately below the given tier.