US 12,457,948 B2
Subterranean irrigation system
Auguste Roberts, University Place, WA (US)
Filed by Auguste Roberts, University Place, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/884,488.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/582,802, filed on Sep. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0089636 A1, Mar. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. A01G 25/16 (2006.01); A01G 25/06 (2006.01); A01G 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 25/167 (2013.01) [A01G 25/06 (2013.01); A01G 29/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
at least one irrigation device configured to deliver water to below a ground surface at a selected depth, the irrigation device including:
a first watering pipe configured to be inserted into the ground at the selected depth to deliver water;
a probe including at least one sensor configured to be inserted into the ground, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to detect data of the ground and transmit the detected data to an electrical controller circuitry; and
a control box configured to receive the detected data via the electrical controller circuitry and control an opening and closing of an inlet valve between the first watering pipe and a water main, based on the received data;
wherein the first watering pipe has an elongated, longitudinally extending slot opening within a part of which the probe is secured external to the watering pipe.