Patents by Inventor Yutaka Fukuzumi

Yutaka Fukuzumi 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).

  • Patent number: 5579603
    Abstract: A plant-growing method for greening upright or slant wall surface is disclosed. A flexible bag is first prepared including a plurality of compartments sequentially juxtaposed in the direction of the overall length of the bag. The compartments are each provided with a plurality of openings communicating with the exterior. Soil is then loaded through the openings into the compartments with the bag being horizontally laid. Afterwards, trees are planted through the openings into the compartments. Thereupon, the bag which has been planted with the trees is suspended along the wall surface in the direction of the overall length of the bag while allowing trunks of the trees to be exposed through the openings. Water is thereafter supplied into the compartments of the bag to promote the growth of the trees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Inventor: Yutaka Fukuzumi
  • Patent number: 5257476
    Abstract: Verdure is installed on buildings by stacking bags made of unwoven polyester fabric and filled with synthetic light-weight soil against the outer wall of the building, or against the outside of a window that is to be blocked out. The bags are stacked several bags high and are retained by a stainless steel lattice. The roots of coniferous evergreen plants are inserted between the bags and grow into the soil in the bags. The plants grow outside the lattice and cling to the lattice to form greenery covering the side of the building or the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Inventor: Yutaka Fukuzumi