US 12,453,318 B2
Apparatus, system and methods for improved vertical farming
Jacob David Counne, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Wilder Fields, LLC, Calumet City, IL (US)
Filed by WILDER FIELDS, LLC, Calumet City, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/921,860.
Application 18/921,860 is a continuation of application No. 18/529,464, filed on Dec. 5, 2023, abandoned.
Application 18/921,860 is a continuation of application No. 18/155,502, filed on Jan. 17, 2023, abandoned.
Application 18/529,464 is a continuation of application No. 18/155,502, filed on Jan. 17, 2023, abandoned.
Application 18/155,502 is a continuation of application No. 17/116,763, filed on Dec. 9, 2020, abandoned.
Application 17/116,763 is a continuation of application No. 15/965,534, filed on Apr. 27, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/539,163, filed on Jul. 31, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/490,822, filed on Apr. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2025/0113793 A1, Apr. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. A01G 31/04 (2006.01); A01G 7/04 (2006.01); A01G 9/029 (2018.01); A01G 9/14 (2006.01); A01G 9/24 (2006.01); A01G 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 31/042 (2013.01) [A01G 7/045 (2013.01); A01G 9/0295 (2018.02); A01G 9/143 (2013.01); A01G 27/003 (2013.01); A01G 9/247 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vertical farming system for optimizing a plant growing process, comprising:
a shelving system, said shelving system comprising a plurality of shelves, said plurality of shelves comprising a first shelf having a first shelf end and a second shelf end with said first shelf end being located higher than said second shelf end, said first shelf comprising a plurality of shelf rollers;
said first shelf accepting and securing a plurality of grow trays, said plurality of grow trays comprising a first grow tray located adjacent to a second grow tray on said first shelf, said plurality of shelf rollers rotating such that a said first grow tray and said second grow tray when placed on said rollers adjacent to each other and unimpeded, will both be transported from said first shelf end to said second shelf end using said rollers and gravitational force;
said first grow tray comprising a first grow tray side and a first grow tray port level, said first grow tray side comprising a first grow tray port, said second grow tray comprising a second grow tray side, said first grow tray side of said first grow tray adjacent to and higher than said second grow tray side of said second grow tray such that when said first grow tray fills with water to said port level, the water will cascade out of the first grow tray port, over the second side of the second grow tray and into said second grow tray;
a lift, said lift positioned at the said second shelf end of said first shelf, said lift removing said second grow tray from said second shelf end;
wherein when said first grow tray is placed adjacent to said second grow tray and water poured into said first grow tray reaches said first grow tray port level, the water will flow from the first grow tray port into the second grow tray thereby filling the second grow tray and optimizing the plant growing process.