US 12,419,232 B2
Tray assembly for plant cultivation
Leigh Michael Zalusky, Cobb, CA (US); and Gregory Lewis Panella, Finley, CA (US)
Assigned to DUAL DRAFT LLC, New Canaan, CT (US)
Filed by Dual Draft LLC, New Canaan, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/380,049.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/415,715, filed on Oct. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0122136 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A01G 9/04 (2006.01); A01G 9/02 (2018.01); A01G 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 27/00 (2013.01) [A01G 9/02 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A duct system for cultivating plants comprising:
a plurality of trays spanning a total length of the duct system, each tray including,
first and second side walls having a first length wherein at least one of the first and second side walls is configured with a downward sloping outer face;
a first open end configured with a male extension and a second open end configured with a female extension, wherein the first and second open ends have a second length, the first and second open ends and the first and second side walls defining a perimeter of the tray; and
a raised region disposed within the perimeter of the tray, a top side of the raised region including,
a first plurality of ridges disposed between the first and second side walls; and
a first plurality of valleys formed adjacent to the first plurality of ridges, wherein one or more of the first plurality of valleys are in fluid communication with the at least one downward sloping outer face and wherein a complementary ridge on the male extension of a first portion of the plurality of trays is configured to engage a locking channel included on the female extension of a second portion of the plurality of trays.