Patents by Inventor Vincent Bihler

Vincent Bihler 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).

  • Publication number: 20160183485
    Abstract: The pot has a container for the substrate of the plant, a container for a water reserve, and means for bringing water from the water reserve to the substrate. It comprises: an external container (300) closed in lower part and open in upper part; an internal container (100, 200) defining a cavity (C1) for the substrate, the external container and the internal container defining between each other a cavity (C4) for a water reserve and being able to be fitted into each other and disconnected from each other; a pumping means (P) fastened to the internal container with an inlet exposed to the water reserve, and connected to a pumping control circuit (CC); and means (500, 501, 502) for fluidic connection between an outlet of the pumping means and at least one irrigation orifice (127) located in upper part of the internal container. The irrigation is performed by the top, and the pot is easy to maintain and clean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Arthur Petry, Vincent Bihler
  • Publication number: 20160174478
    Abstract: This device comprises: a main body (100, 400); a tip (200, 110) adapted to be stuck into a plant substrate; an end fitting (404) opening upward from the body, adapted to tightly and removably cooperate with an opening of a water tank (B), an axis of the end fitting being substantially aligned with a median axis of the tip; humidity detection elements (202a, 202b) provided on the tip; an irrigation control circuit (700) connected to said detection elements; and an irrigation valve (300) provided in the main body, adapted to control a circulation of water between the end fitting (404, 405) and a water outlet passage (406) in response to instructions coming from the irrigation control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Guillaume Pinto, Vincent Bihler