US Patent Issued to URBAN ARGOTECH, C.C. VAN DER GAAG HOLDING on June 24 for "Drive device for vertical elongate units suspended from a guide rail, such as growing units for plants" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,465, issued on June 24, was assigned to URBAN ARGOTECH B.V. (Netherlands) and C.C. VAN DER GAAG HOLDING B.V. (Netherlands).

"Drive device for vertical elongate units suspended from a guide rail, such as growing units for plants" was invented by Vincent Van Der Gaag (Pijnacker, Netherlands) and Chris Van Der Gaag (Delft, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device for driving vertical units which are suspended from a guide rail for growing plants, wherein each unit comprises a first engagement element. Drive means cause the displacement members, each of which comprise a row of second engagement elements, to alternatively perform...