Patents by Inventor Jose-Luis IZURSA

Jose-Luis IZURSA 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).

  • Vegetated canopy apparatus, system, and method
    Patent number: 10993385
    Abstract: A system may include a support structure for providing a vegetated canopy including a soil container support and a plurality of ribs disposed along the support structure, where the plurality of ribs are structurally configured to support a vegetated canopy disposed thereon. The system may also include a modular canopy structurally configured to attach to the support structure, the modular canopy including a soil container structurally configured to engage with the soil container support, a plurality of substantially rigid external members structurally configured to engage with a rib of the support structure, and a connecting member disposed along a length of the substantially rigid external members and attaching at a substantially rigid external member to another substantially rigid external member. The plurality of substantially rigid external members and the connecting members may form a trellis structurally configured to support vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: University of Maryland, College Park
    Inventors: David R. Tilley, Jose-Luis Izursa, Nick Cloyd, Timothy Williamson
  • VEGETATED CANOPY APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180325044
    Abstract: A system may include a support structure for providing a vegetated canopy including a soil container support and a plurality of ribs disposed along the support structure, where the plurality of ribs are structurally configured to support a vegetated canopy disposed thereon. The system may also include a modular canopy structurally configured to attach to the support structure, the modular canopy including a soil container structurally configured to engage with the soil container support, a plurality of substantially rigid external members structurally configured to engage with a rib of the support structure, and a connecting member disposed along a length of the substantially rigid external members and attaching at a substantially rigid external member to another substantially rigid external member. The plurality of substantially rigid external members and the connecting members may form a trellis structurally configured to support vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
    Inventors: David R. TILLEY, Jose-Luis IZURSA, Nick CLOYD, Timothy WILLIAMSON