US 12,284,953 B2
Modular hexagonal enclosure and coupling apparatus therefor
Sugeevan Shanmuganathan, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to The Dunya Project, Inc., Toronto (CA)
Appl. No. 17/441,098
Filed by The Dunya Project Inc., Toronto (CA)
PCT Filed Mar. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/052658
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/194161, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/823,934, filed on Mar. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167574 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. A01G 31/02 (2006.01); E04B 1/343 (2006.01); E04H 1/12 (2006.01); E04B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 31/02 (2013.01) [E04B 1/343 (2013.01); E04H 1/1205 (2013.01); E04B 2001/0092 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular enclosure, wherein:
the modular enclosure is a hydroponic enclosure, further wherein:
the modular enclosure comprises:
a hexagonally shaped base, wherein:
the base comprises a hexagonally shaped lower floor support shell, further wherein:
 the lower floor support shell comprises one or more lower floor support shell members,
 each of the one or more lower floor support shell members comprise a first and a second extrusion, wherein:
 each of the first and second extrusion comprises a pillar insertion receiving member, and
 the first extrusion is positioned higher relative to the second extrusion,
 the lower floor support shell members comprise a first lower floor support shell member coupled to a second lower floor support shell member, and
 the pillar insertion receiving member corresponding to the first extrusion corresponding to the first lower floor support shell member is vertically aligned with the pillar insertion receiving member corresponding to the second extrusion corresponding to the second lower floor support shell member,
a growth subsystem comprising a tower having a top and a bottom, further wherein:
the tower comprises a plurality of pods, and
each of the plurality of pods holds a plant, and
a set of pillars attached to the hexagonally shaped base and to a hexagonally shaped roof, wherein the set of pillars support the roof.