US 12,433,212 B2
Automated vertical plant cultivation system
Daniel S. Spiro, Paradise Valley, AZ (US)
Assigned to URBAN PLANTER, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by Urban Planter LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on May 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/197,107.
Application 18/197,107 is a continuation of application No. 16/672,160, filed on Nov. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,730,097.
Application 16/672,160 is a continuation of application No. 15/589,845, filed on May 8, 2017, granted, now 10,524,433, issued on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0276758 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01G 9/00 (2018.01); A01G 9/12 (2006.01); A01G 9/24 (2006.01); A01G 22/00 (2018.01); A01G 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 31/06 (2013.01) [A01G 9/126 (2013.01); A01G 9/249 (2019.05); A01G 22/00 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plant cultivation system comprising:
a linear magazine structure that includes
a first cavity that is upward facing and having sidewalls that accommodate therein a first capsule, the first capsule sized to hold growth media as well as a seed or a plant therein,
a second cavity that is also upward facing and also has sidewalls that accommodate a second capsule therein, the second capsule sized to hold growth media as well as another seed or another plant therein,
a third cavity that is downfacing and disposed between the first cavity and the second cavity, the third cavity shares a first common sidewall with the first cavity and a second common sidewall with the second cavity so as to form a reflector,
a first exterior wall and a second exterior wall that have the first cavity, second cavity and third cavity distributed therebetween and along the linear magazine structure, the first exterior wall and the second exterior wall being longitudinal verticals walls,
an interior wall distally disposed and oriented in parallel to the first exterior wall, the interior wall being coupled to the first exterior wall by a horizontal wall so as to form an irrigation fluid channel, and
the irrigation fluid channel has side walls and a bottom that extend horizontally along the linear magazine and is sized to convey irrigation fluid therein, the irrigation fluid channel includes openings so as to be in fluid communication with the first capsule and the second capsule that are respective disposed in the first cavity and the second cavity, but not in fluid communication with the third cavity,
a fluid channel cover that fits over top of the irrigation fluid channel;
a vertical support structure; and
a light source disposed in the third cavity and configured to emit light therefrom, at least a portion of the light reflects off the first common sidewall and the second common sidewall so as to illuminate an area below the third cavity, wherein
the vertical support structure supports a combined weight of the linear magazine structure, the irrigation fluid, the fluid channel, the light source, the first capsule, and the second capsule.