US 12,302,805 B2
Grow method and system
Wim Meeussen, Redwood City, CA (US); Eitan Marder-Eppstein, San Francisco, CA (US); and Alexander Boenig, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to HIPPO HARVEST INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Hippo Harvest Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/182,214.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/979,364, filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0259173 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. A01G 31/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 31/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a grow module that includes:
a growing tray;
a membrane;
a top cover through which oxygen reaches plant roots of a plurality of plants, wherein the top cover comprises a non-transparent material, wherein edges of the membrane create a light blocking seal on edges of the top cover, and wherein the top cover forms vertical shaft openings of a thickness that prevent light from reaching the membrane but through which oxygen reaches the plant roots;
a separator that contacts the membrane at one or more outer edges of the membrane, separating the top cover and the membrane causing fresh air to contact a layer of water that covers the plant roots; and
wherein the growing tray allows a flow of a nutrient water supply
wherein the plant roots are prevented from growing down into the flow of the nutrient water supply.