Multi-piece hydroponic tower

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10694689-B2
Application number	US-201815910601-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2018
Priority date	Mar 2, 2018
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

A dual-sided hydroponic tower utilizing separate body and face components coupled together with temporary fasteners. The tower includes a tower body that defines two vertical cavities. Attached to each vertical cavity is a tower face, each tower face including a plurality of plant container compatible cut-outs. By utilizing separate body and face components, the end user is able to easily switch tower face plates in order to adapt the tower to different plant container configurations. The multi-piece tower design also simplifies tower construction as well as tower maintenance between planting cycles.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dual-sided, multi-piece hydroponic tower, comprising:
a tower body comprising:
a pair of back-to-back vertical cavities, said pair of back-to-back vertical cavities comprising a common rear cavity wall, wherein a first side of said common rear cavity wall defines a rear first cavity wall that is integral to a first vertical cavity of said pair of back-to-back vertical cavities, and wherein a second side of said common rear cavity wall defines a rear second cavity wall that is integral to a second vertical cavity of said pair of back-to-back vertical cavities, and wherein said first side and said second side are opposing sides of said common rear cavity wall;
a first tower body side wall, wherein a first portion of said first tower body side wall corresponds to said first vertical cavity, wherein a second portion of said first tower body side wall corresponds to said second vertical cavity, and wherein said common rear cavity wall divides said first tower body side wall between said first and second portions;
a second tower body side wall, wherein a first portion of said second tower body side wall corresponds to said first vertical cavity, and wherein a second portion of said second tower body side wall corresponds to said second vertical cavity, and wherein said common rear cavity wall divides said second tower body side wall between said first and second portions;

a first tower face coupleable to said first vertical cavity via said first portion of said first tower body side wall and said first portion of said second tower body side wall, said first tower face comprising a first plurality of plant container cut-outs, said first plurality of plant container cut-outs configured to accept a first plurality of plant containers;
a second tower face coupleable to said second vertical cavity via said second portion of said first tower body side wall and said second portion of said second tower body side wall, said second tower face comprising a second plurality of plant container cut-outs, said second plurality of plant container cut-outs configured to accept a second plurality of plant containers;
a first plurality of temporary fasteners configured to attach said first tower face to said tower body via said first portion of said first tower body side wall and said first portion of said second tower body side wall, said first vertical cavity configured to provide a first passageway for a water/nutrient mix; and
a second plurality of temporary fasteners configured to attach said second tower face to said tower body via said second portion of said first tower body side wall and said second portion of said second tower body side wall, said second vertical cavity configured to provide a second passageway for said water/nutrient mix.

2. The dual-sided, multi-piece hydroponic tower of claim 1 , wherein each temporary fastener of said first plurality of fasteners and said second plurality of fasteners is a snap fastener, wherein said first tower face is detachable from said tower body and said second tower face is detachable from said tower body.

3. The dual-sided, multi-piece hydroponic tower of claim 1 , further comprising a first plurality of vertical ridges formed on and integral to said first side of said common rear cavity wall, and a second plurality of vertical ridges formed on and integral to said second side of said common rear cavity wall.

4. The dual-sided, multi-piece hydroponic tower of claim 3 , said first plurality of vertical ridges of uniform width, and said second plurality of vertical ridges of uniform width.

5. The dual-sided, multi-piece hydroponic tower of claim 3 , said first plurality of vertical ridges of non-uniform width, and said second plurality of vertical ridges of non-uniform width.

6. The dual-sided, multi-piece hydroponic tower of claim 1 , said tower body and said first tower face and said second tower face each fabricated from a plastic material.

7. The dual-sided, multi-piece hydroponic tower of claim 6 , said plastic material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polytetrafluoroethylene, and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene.

8. The dual-sided, multi-piece hydroponic tower of claim 6 , wherein said plastic material is white.

Assignees

• Mjnn Llc

Inventors

• Klein Brice
• Flynn Michael
• Le Roux Alexandre
• Fitzgerald Meaghan
• Matera Matthew
• Cuson Mark
• Ibrahim Alex

Classifications

• F16B5/0664

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• A01G31/06 Primary

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• A01G9/047

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• Y02P60/21

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• F16B2200/83

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