US 11,944,045 B2
Liquid containment and focus for subterranean capillary irrigation
Joseph Dominic Gallegos, Long Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to DROUGHT DIET PRODUCTS, Fresno, CA (US)
Filed by Joseph Dominic Gallegos, Long Beach, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/904,425.
Application 15/904,425 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2016/048791, filed on Aug. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2018/0177146 A1, Jun. 28, 2018
Int. Cl. E02B 1/00 (2006.01); A01G 25/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 25/06 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A subsurface irrigation system for creating a water table at a desired depth, said system comprising:
an exterior wall formed of a water impermeable material;
a first seep hole wall having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion connected to the exterior wall and extending in the horizontal direction and the bottom portion extending downwardly from the top portion, with the bottom portion connecting to the exterior wall and thereby forming a bidirectional channel chamber, between the exterior wall and the first seep hole wall, configured to allow water to pass freely bidirectionally along the length of the bidirectional channel chamber,
a second seep hole wall having a top portion spaced from the top portion of the first seep hole wall and connected to the exterior wall and a bottom portion spaced from the bottom portion of the first seep hole wall and connected to the exterior wall such that first and second seep hole walls are spaced from each other along the entire length of the first and second seep hole walls, the second seep hole wall connected to the exterior wall along the top portion of the second seep hole wall;
a self-leveling saturated channel formed by the first seep hole wall and the second seep hole wall, wherein a bottom of the self-leveling saturated channel is formed of the bottom portions of the seep hole walls and the exterior wall;
a plurality of bidirectional seep holes formed in the bottom portion of the first seep hole wall, said plurality of bidirectional seep holes being large enough to allow liquid communication between the self-leveling saturated channel and the bidirectional channel chamber; and
a plurality of bidirectional seep holes formed in the second seep hole wall, said plurality of bidirectional seep holes being large enough to allow liquid communication between said self-leveling saturated channel and the bidirectional channel chamber.