Patents by Inventor Kevin Topek

Kevin Topek 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).

  • Device for Growing Plants on a Vertical Substrate
    Publication number: 20140115959
    Abstract: A device for growing plants on a substantially vertical surface includes a carrier and a flexible curtain wall substrate suspended from a track of the carrier. The curtain defines an array of pockets for receiving the plants to be grown and a growing medium, each of the pockets having an opening proximate a top end thereof. A water irrigation system is integrated into the flexible curtain and includes a water emitter for each of the pockets, the water irrigation system being one of connected to and connectable to a water supply. A control system includes moisture sensors connected in each respective pocket. The control system is adapted to activate the water emitters of the pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Mary Ellen CARROLL, Kevin Topek, Carlisle Vandervoort
  • Device for Growing Plants on a Vertical Substrate
    Publication number: 20110215937
    Abstract: A device for growing plants on a substantially vertical surface includes a carrier and a flexible curtain wall substrate suspended from a track of the carrier. The curtain defines an array of pockets for receiving the plants to be grown and a growing medium, each of the pockets having an opening proximate a top end thereof. A water irrigation system is integrated into the flexible curtain and includes a water emitter for each of the pockets, the water irrigation system being one of connected to and connectable to a water supply. A control system includes moisture sensors connected in each respective pocket. The control system is adapted to activate the water emitters of the pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Mary Ellen CARROLL, Kevin Topek, Carlisle Vandervoort