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Portable Solar Modular Greenhouse

  • US 20140137468A1
  • Filed: 11/08/2013
  • Published: 05/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A modular greenhouse system for growing a plant or germinating a seed into a plant, wherein said system comprises two or more of any combination of the components selected from the group consisting of:

  • an expandable small footprint greenhouse structure comprising one or more connected modules, transparent or translucent multi wall siding comprising polyethylene panels such as SolaWrap™

    for light capture with insulation, magnetized sectional insulation for glazing control and cold weather gardening, LED lights comprising low wattage lights such as 9 watt or lower wattage LED light strips in blue and red, wherein the lights can be mounted vertically along the inside of the greenhouse, or can be mounted on the ceiling of the greenhouse, temperature sensitive ventilation (both powered and unpowered), extruded hollow aluminum T-track, or T-slot frame, integrating water pipe, electrical wiring and mechanical tracks, flat shipment easily moveable through a common doorway with easy pull-up hinged assembly, photovoltaic panels both rooftop and remote ground mount for operations and backup power, expandable battery options for night and emergency usage, expandable rainwater collection/diversion with emergency drinking water purification, solar-powered storage water recirculation with filtering, self-watering drip irrigation system (requires external cold water if collected water too warm), integrated composting worm bin (receives drip irrigation drainage/provides “

    tea”

    for watering), photosensitive (optionally daylight only) and timer control of lights and pumps, wireless remote monitoring and control of all greenhouse operations, Cloud storage of data logs, foldable and lockable stability legs and hooks for high wind stability, skateboard quality polyurethane lockable casters attached to the bottom of the PSMG, removable base for floor protection, interior ceiling grid supporting vertical gardening hooks, steel encased insulated floor comprising two galvanized steel panels sandwiching rigid foam wherein the current insulation value is R-5 with a fiber insulator between the overlapping two panel edges to minimize thermal bridging, removable interior side shelves to accommodate 6-pack “

    Nursery Style”

    seed starter pots, drain controlled tray with removable planter/window box liners, interior lights, each PSMG is capable (with different capacity options) of producing 5V USB, 12V DC, and 110V AC. The “

    Garden Genie”

    is a hardware and software system that can collect and manage data in a modular greenhouse environment and send and receive that data via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or CAT5 to a nearby router for use in a local computer or mobile device, and beyond to an online aggregator web site, and wherein data management includes one or more of the following;

    Bluetooth or CAT5 enabledWebcam to record images for time-elapsed videoPowered by DC solar or ACTemperatureHumidityLight level (by leaves)Soil moisturepHcarbon dioxidesoil temperaturewater temperature (in container)exterior temperatureexterior humidityusesi. automated changes to greenhouse conditionsii. human can review data and make changesiii. share data with othersiv. analyze and design customized programsv. report on history.

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