Plant grow light with digital timer

• US 20090190363A1
• Filed: 01/29/2008
• Published: 07/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Great Innovations Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Great Innovations Incorporated
• Inventors: McDonnell, Julie, McDonnell, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US12/010,669
• Publication Number:
  US 20090190363A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/396
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 7/045 with electric lighting
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/249 Lighting means with special arrangements for promoting growth A01G7/045
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/25 Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/14 Measures for saving energy, e.g. in green houses

Abstract

A plant grow light attachable to a plant pot that includes a digital timer having a plurality of preset timing positions to cycle the plant grow light on and off according to a desired lighting cycle for a particular plant.

Claims

1. A plant grow light, comprising:

a flexible coil;

a clip attached to a first end of the flexible coil;

a lamp attached to a second end of the flexible coil; and

a digital timer attached to the plant grow light that controls activation of the lamp.

2. The plant grow light of claim 1, wherein the digital timer includes a semiconductor device that controls a lighting cycle of the plant grow light.

3. The plant grow light bed of claim 2, wherein the semiconductor device includes at least one memory device that stores at least one program for calculating a clock cycle corresponding to a lighting cycle of a plurality of different plant types.

4. The plant grow light of claim 2, wherein the semiconductor device controls a lighting cycle for a plurality of different plant types.

5. The plant grow light of claim 1, wherein an output of the semiconductor device is operably connected to the lamp.

6. The plant grow light bed of claim 2, wherein the semiconductor device includes at least one memory device that stores a program for calculating a clock cycle corresponding to a lighting cycle of the plant grow light.

7. The plant grow light of claim 1, wherein the digital timer is attached to the flexible coil.

8. The plant grow light of claim 1, further comprising:

a socket and the lamp is attached to the flexible coil via the socket.

9. The plant grow light of claim 1, wherein the lamp includes at least one light bulb.

10. The plant grow light of claim 1, wherein the lamp includes a light shield disposed over a surface of the at least one bulb.

11. The plant grow light of claim 1, wherein the light shield has a reflective material on an inner surface to reflect light from the at least one bulb away from the light shield.

12. The plant grow light of claim 1, wherein the flexible coil includes a flexible core.

13. The plant grow light of claim 9, wherein the flexible core is covered by an outer layer.