ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,249, issued on March 18.
"Device and method for growing crops with non-fibrous and non-consumable media" was invented by Schuyler David Milton (Vienna, Va.) and Keith Thomas Born (Bowie, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for growing plants from seed, seedling, clone, root stock or young plant without the use of synthetic or natural fibers or fibrous media. The device comprises flexible non-fibrous structures that support the seed, plant or root stock during growth, while also establishing a delineation between the root zone and shoot zone of the plant. The structure of the device allows water supplied to either ...