Patents Assigned to Desert Bloom Foundation
  • Protective enclosures for seeds
    Patent number: 5799439
    Abstract: Protective enclosures for seeds provide a self-contained environment for protecting the seeds in their early growth stages in arid or hostile environments. A protective enclosure (10) for one or more seeds (15) comprising an outer shell (11), said shell (11) being permanently or temporarily liquid-impermeable in at least one direction, and a hygroscopic material (14) contained within the the shell (11) surrounding at least one seed (15), said material (14) being capable of absorbing and storing liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Desert Bloom Foundation
    Inventor: Alasdair MacGregor