US 12,144,291 B2
Trellising system constituting integrated dual layer structural units for growing crops
Paul Eric Hurt, Sheffield (GB)
Filed by Paul Eric Hurt, Sheffield (GB)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/532,684.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/386,460, filed on Dec. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0188511 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. A01G 17/06 (2006.01); A01G 9/033 (2018.01); A01G 13/02 (2006.01); A01G 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 17/06 (2013.01) [A01G 9/033 (2018.02); A01G 13/0206 (2013.01); A01G 25/02 (2013.01); A01G 2017/065 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A trellising system for growing crops in the system, comprising at least one core structure-group, a plurality of main wires extending along an entire length of a row constituting the core structure-group, and multiple anchorage structures,
wherein the core structure-group includes a plurality of growing units,
wherein the plurality of the main wires includes an upper sheet wire and an upper trellis wire,
wherein one terminal end of each of the main wires is attached to a first anchorage structure, and the other terminal end of each of the main wires is attached to a second anchorage structure,
wherein the terminal ends of each of the main wires are attached to the anchorage structure by a ratchet mechanism, wherein the ratchet mechanism includes a ratchet strap,
wherein the growing unit includes an outer layer and an inner layer,
wherein the outer layer includes the upper sheet wire, a lower sheet wire, a plurality of outer sloping wires, the plurality of the outer sloping wires arranged vertically and adjacently connected with the upper sheet wire and the lower sheet wire to form an outer support sub-system, and a plurality of outer layer sheet materials placed on the outer support sub-system,
wherein the inner layer includes the upper trellis wire, a plurality of trellis support wires including a plurality of upper trellis support wires and a plurality of lower trellis support wires, and a plurality of inner sloping wires, the inner sloping wires arranged vertically and adjacently connected with the upper trellis wire, the upper trellis support wires, and the lower trellis support wires to form a trellis support sub-system,
wherein the plurality of the outer layer sheet materials is secured to the outer support sub-system by a plurality of fasteners fastening a plurality of elastic loops located on the wires of the outer support sub-system to the eyelets located in the outer layer sheet material so that the outer layer sheet materials are tensioned by the wires of the outer support sub-system, and
the trellising system further comprising a plurality of gutters for receiving water running down surfaces of the outer layer sheet materials.