Patents Assigned to Fork Farms LLC
  • Publication number: 20210137026
    Abstract: A plant cultivation system that includes a plurality of mobile racks and a plurality of lighting assemblies that are movable relative to each other. The mobile racks are designed to be independently movable along a floor surface and each support a plurality of planting units designed to receive the plants. The lighting assemblies are positioned adjacent to the mobile racks and are supported along an overhead lighting track independent from the mobile racks. Each of the lighting assemblies is movable along a rail of the overhead lighting track to adjust the position of the lighting assemblies relative to the mobile racks. The lighting assemblies are designed such that the mobile racks contact the lighting assemblies to move the lighting assemblies along the lighting track. Each lighting assembly includes one or more lighting fixtures that are operable to provide the required light for growing plants supported on the mobile rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicants: Spacesaver Corporation, Fork Farms LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Durfee, Sean Krause, Alexander R. Tyink
  • Publication number: 20180064037
    Abstract: A modular plant growth apparatus for large-scale commercial and residential uses having a housing with a top portion which is a flat panel, a bottom portion and two sides, each side having several hinges which can hingedly connect to a corresponding side of another flat panel, the top portion having a front side with removable plant wells, the bottom portion being angled to act as a stability support portion. The apparatus also including a light source and at least one plant in each plant well. Several housings can be hingedly connected to corresponding other housings so various modular configurations can be formed so as to maximize plant growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Fork Farms LLC
    Inventor: Alexander R. Tyink
  • Patent number: D719055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Fork Farms LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Tyink