US Patent Issued to BRIGHTFARMS on July 15 for "Hydroponic high density grow board for deep water culture" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,906, issued on July 15, was assigned to BRIGHTFARMS INC. (Irvington, N.Y.).

"Hydroponic high density grow board for deep water culture" was invented by Nicholas Alexander Chaney (Clarksville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a raft design for use in hydroponically growing crop seeds. The raft has a plurality of ribs that have a plurality of furrows between them. Media and crop seeds are placed in the furrows. The ribs have rounded tops so that the media and crop seeds do not get stuck on the top of the rib, but rather fall into the furrows. The raft also has a curved or arched underside, so that whe...