Patents by Inventor Harry Geerlings

Harry Geerlings has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for growing plants accommodated in containers on a bearer provided at a first, low level in a glasshouse
    Patent number: 6854209
    Abstract: In a method for growing plants in a glasshouse and for moving said plants, and also propagation system, substantially the entire surface area of the glasshouse is used for propagating plants on a first, low bearer. Benches or second bearers are movable over the plants, and with a robot, plants can be moved from the first, low level to a second, higher level on the second bearer of the mobile benches. The mobile containers can be removed from the glasshouses in order to perform treatments on the plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Rijnplant B.V.
    Inventors: Frederik Pius Van Horssen, Harry Geerlings
  • Method for growing plants accommodated in containers on a bearer provided at a first, low level in a glasshouse
    Publication number: 20030097786
    Abstract: Method for growing plants in a glasshouse and for moving said plants, and also propagation system. According to the invention, substantially the entire surface area of the glasshouse is used for propagating plants on a first, low bearer. Benches or second bearers are movable over the plants, and by means of a robot plants can be moved from the first, low level to a second, higher level on the second bearer of the mobile benches. The mobile containers can be removed from the glasshouses in order to perform treatments on the plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Frederik Pius Van Horssen, Harry Geerlings