ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,232, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DUAL DRAFT LLC (New Canaan, Conn.).
"Tray assembly for plant cultivation" was invented by Leigh Michael Zalusky (Cobb, Calif.) and Gregory Lewis Panella (Finley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray for a vertical growing system for growing plants having opposed first and second side walls, a first open end and second open end opposed to the first end defining a perimeter of the tray; and a raised region disposed within the perimeter of the tray wherein at least one side wall is configured with a downward sloping outer face to direct fluid from the tray to an adjacent gutter. The tray...