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Interlocking raft for deepwater culture hydroponics

  • US 9,807,950 B2
  • Filed: 05/07/2015
  • Issued: 11/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A raft for hydroponics comprising:

  • a plurality of opaque raft segments, each segment comprising a plurality of plant holes therethrough, at least one of said plant holes having a narrower bottom dimension than a top dimension, said raft segments reversibly attached together to form a raft to completely cover the surface of a pond, at least one of said segments having a plurality of thermal chimneys arrayed diagonally surrounding a plant hole, at least one of said thermal chimneys having a wider bottom dimension than a top dimension; and

    one or more attachment devices to reversibly secure a raft segment to an adjacent raft segment with no gaps between them.

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