US Patent Issued to VIRIDIS ARBOR on Jan. 27 for "Apparatus and method for growing vegetation in hot arid coastal environments" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,801, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to VIRIDIS ARBOR LLC (Verona, N.J.).

"Apparatus and method for growing vegetation in hot arid coastal environments" was invented by Gary E Abeles (Verona, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for growing vegetation in a hot, arid, coastal location includes installing, at or below grade, a mat containing seeds, and/or seedlings, and a super absorbent polymer (SAP), the mat being cooperative with a thermally conductive network in thermal communication with an evaporative panel that is cooled by seawater evaporation, thereby drawing heat away from the mat. A seawater reservoir ...