US 12,082,540 B2
Plant cultivation apparatus and method
Ayad Sabbagh, Nepean (CA)
Filed by Ayad Sabbagh, Nepean (CA)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/708,515.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/167,992, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312703 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A01G 31/06 (2006.01); A01G 9/029 (2018.01); A01G 9/24 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 31/06 (2013.01) [A01G 9/0297 (2018.02); A01G 9/247 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plant cultivation apparatus comprising:
a fluid-containing reservoir configured to contain a fluid therein, the reservoir having a central chamber and a reservoir opening defined by a reservoir edge;
a unitary central shaft having a first end, a second end opposed to the first end, and a length, the first end of the unitary central shaft terminating in the central chamber of the reservoir;
a plurality of trays directly connected in a spaced relationship along the length of the unitary central shaft in direct contact therewith and projecting radially outward therefrom, wherein each of the plurality of trays has a base having an outer edge joined to a sidewall and wherein the base has a plurality of drain apertures located in spaced relationship along the outer edge of the base at a junction between the base and the sidewall and at least one of the plurality of trays defines a curvilinear periphery; and
an outer housing member, the outer housing member having a housing member wall defining a main chamber configured to receive the plurality of trays in progressively increasing circumferential value, the outer housing member wall having a contact edge, the contact edge defining a contact edge opening, wherein the contact edge is configured to contact the reservoir edge of the fluid-containing reservoir, the housing member wall having a plurality of plant-receiving apertures defined therein, wherein the plurality of plant-receiving apertures are configured to receive and retain a bare-root plant or a seed starting member, the housing member wall having an inner surface,
wherein the plurality of trays each have a different outer peripheral value, and wherein the plurality of trays are positioned on the unitary central shaft in progressively increasing outer peripheral area from the second end of the unitary central shaft to the first end of the unitary central shaft; and
wherein the plurality of drain apertures in one of the plurality of trays correspond in number to a number of plant receiving apertures defined in the outer housing member located immediately below the associated tray and wherein each respective drain aperture is located above the associated plant receiving aperture.