US 12,302,811 B2
Automated indoor growing apparatuses and related methods
Patricia C. Livingston, Hamilton, OH (US); Mike Zelkind, Hamilton, OH (US); Robert Schouten, CG Delft (NL); and Kees Breukel, CG Delft (NL)
Assigned to 80 ACRES URBAN AGRICULTURE, INC., Hamilton, OH (US)
Filed by 80 ACRES URBAN AGRICULTURE INC., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/048,086.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/301,813, filed on Jan. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/270,002, filed on Oct. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0118404 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 9/24 (2006.01); E04H 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 9/246 (2013.01) [E04H 5/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An indoor growing facility comprising:
a climate control apparatus configured to produce a plurality of streams of airflow, each stream of airflow having predetermined climate conditions; and
a growing structure defining a plurality of growing pathways, the growing structure comprising:
a plurality of horizontal barriers and a plurality of vertical barriers;
a plenum wall positioned on a first side of the growing structure configured to supply the plurality of streams of airflow to the plurality of growing pathways;
a return wall positioned at a second side of the growing structure opposite to the first side configured to return air from the growing structure to the first side; and
a loading lane positioned between the plurality of growing pathways and the return wall and a loading elevator positioned adjacent the loading lane configured to selectively load plants into one growing pathway of the plurality of growing pathways; and
wherein each growing pathway of the plurality of growing pathways is isolated from an adjacent growing pathway by the plurality of horizontal barriers and the plurality of vertical barriers to allow introduction of a stream of airflow of the plurality of streams of airflow into each growing pathway.