US 12,144,297 B2
Nesting container for vertical farm
Elaine Kung, Brooklyn, NY (US); Nicholas Philip Robert Barclay, New York, NY (US); John Neill, Tappan, NY (US); John James Tarter, Jersey City, NJ (US); and Justin Robert Zabilansky, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to New AeroFarms, Inc., Ringgold, VA (US)
Filed by New AeroFarms, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/112,230.
Application 18/112,230 is a continuation of application No. 16/774,968, filed on Jan. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,612,111.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/800,119, filed on Feb. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0189718 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01G 9/02 (2018.01); A01G 31/04 (2006.01); A01G 31/06 (2006.01); A01G 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 9/022 (2013.01) [A01G 31/04 (2013.01); A01G 31/06 (2013.01); A01G 2025/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A growing system, comprising:
a container configured to interact with a fluid, the container comprising a bottom, opposing sidewalls, an interior, and a drain;
the bottom and a first sidewall of the sidewalls includes a first ramp extending from the first sidewall to the bottom, the first sidewall includes a first opening extending through the first sidewall adjacent to the surface of the first ramp;
the bottom and a second sidewall of the sidewalls includes a second ramp extending from the second sidewall to the bottom, the second sidewall includes a second opening extending through the second sidewall adjacent to the surface of the second ramp;
the first ramp and second ramp are disposed in an opposing facing relationship;
the interior of the container comprises a removable irrigation assembly with a first end of the irrigation assembly extending through the first opening of the first sidewall and a second end of the irrigation assembly extending through the second opening of the second sidewall;
the container is configured to engage and/or cooperate with at least one adjacent container; and, the container further comprises a stacking feature which enables the container to be nested one upon the other with the removable irrigation assembly positioned within the interior of the respective container.