Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vegetated canopy apparatus, system, and method
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Application No.: US15770852Application Date: 2016-10-26
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Publication No.: US10993385B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: David R. Tilley , Jose-Luis Izursa , Nick Cloyd , Timothy Williamson
- Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
- Applicant Address: US MD College Park
- Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
- Current Assignee Address: US MD College Park
- Agency: Rockridge Venture Law
- Agent Kevin Christopher; Andrew Lerner
- International Application: PCT/IB2016/056440 WO 20161026
- International Announcement: WO2017/072677 WO 20170504
- Main IPC: A01G17/06
- IPC: A01G17/06 ; A01G9/12 ; A01G9/02 ; A01G13/02

Abstract:
A system may include a support structure for providing a vegetated canopy including a soil container support and a plurality of ribs disposed along the support structure, where the plurality of ribs are structurally configured to support a vegetated canopy disposed thereon. The system may also include a modular canopy structurally configured to attach to the support structure, the modular canopy including a soil container structurally configured to engage with the soil container support, a plurality of substantially rigid external members structurally configured to engage with a rib of the support structure, and a connecting member disposed along a length of the substantially rigid external members and attaching at a substantially rigid external member to another substantially rigid external member. The plurality of substantially rigid external members and the connecting members may form a trellis structurally configured to support vegetation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180325044A1 VEGETATED CANOPY APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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