Patents Assigned to Freight Farms, Inc.
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Patent number: 11730090Abstract: A closed farm system for efficient plant production is provided. The closed farm system may have an air flow control system operable to direct air flow past plants growing within the system. The air flow control system may be operable to control heating and cooling of lighting panels and air flow ductwork within the closed farm system. The closed farm system may also have a plurality of LED lights mounted on one or more sheets supported by a frame assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: FREIGHT FARMS, INC.Inventors: Brad McNamara, Jon Friedman
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Patent number: 11516978Abstract: A system and method for generating high-yield plant production is disclosed. The system includes a container, a growing station, and a monitoring system. The growing station includes vertical racks, a lighting system, an irrigation system, a climate control system, and a ventilation system. The monitoring system monitors all of the systems in the growing station, as well as the environment within the container, to provide real-time data and alerts to a user.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: FREIGHT FARMS, INC.Inventors: Brad McNamara, Jon Friedman
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Patent number: 11202418Abstract: A container farm provides a grow zone and a work zone within an enclosure. Plants are grown in vertical grow towers within the grow zone supported by a rotatable carousel grow structure. The grow towers can be moved within the grow zone to a location in which they are accessible from the work zone. A seedling station can be provided within the work zone. Other systems, including an irrigation system, a lighting system, and a climate control system, can be provided to support the growth of plants within the container.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: FREIGHT FARMS, INC.Inventor: Jon Friedman
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Patent number: 11026380Abstract: A device for growing plants is provided. The device has a panel assembly on which a one or a plurality of nutrient flow channels is supported to provide nutrient flow passages from an inlet at an upper region to an outlet at a lower region of the support panel. A plurality of grow pockets is supported on an opposite side face of the support panel, the grow pockets in alignment with the nutrient flow channels. Each grow pocket has a plant access opening. A fluid aperture in the support panel is disposed at a lower region of each grow pocket for fluid communication between an interior of the grow pocket and the aligned nutrient flow passage.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: FREIGHT FARMS, INC.Inventor: Jon Friedman
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Patent number: 10785925Abstract: Techniques for generating high-yield fungi production are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for generating high-yield fungi production, the system comprising at least one modular container and a growing system housed within the modular container. The growing system may include a substrate preparation system configured to accept substrate and prepare substrate for pasteurization, a pasteurization system configured to pasteurize prepared substrate received from the substrate preparation system, a draining, cooling, and packing system configured to cool and drain pasteurized prepared substrate from the pasteurization system and to pack pasteurized and cooled substrate into at least one growing container, an inoculation system configured to inoculate the pasteurized and cooled substrate, and a plurality of vertical racks coupled to a ceiling of the modular container and configured to hold the at least one growing container.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: FREIGHT FARMS, INC.Inventors: Brad McNamara, Jon Friedman
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Patent number: 10271486Abstract: A system and method for generating high-yield plant production is disclosed. The system includes a container, a growing station, and a monitoring system. The growing station includes vertical racks, a lighting system, an irrigation system, a climate control system, and a ventilation system. The monitoring system monitors all of the systems in the growing station, as well as the environment within the container, to provide real-time data and alerts to a user.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Freight Farms, Inc.Inventors: Brad McNamara, Jon Friedman
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Patent number: 10172301Abstract: Techniques for generating high-yield fungi production are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for generating high-yield fungi production, the system comprising at least one modular container and a growing system housed within the modular container. The growing system may include a substrate preparation system configured to accept substrate and prepare substrate for pasteurization, a pasteurization system configured to pasteurize prepared substrate received from the substrate preparation system, a draining, cooling, and packing system configured to cool and drain pasteurized prepared substrate from the pasteurization system and to pack pasteurized and cooled substrate into at least one growing container, an inoculation system configured to inoculate the pasteurized and cooled substrate, and a plurality of vertical racks coupled to a ceiling of the modular container and configured to hold the at least one growing container.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Freight Farms, Inc.Inventors: Brad McNamara, Jon Friedman
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Patent number: 9883642Abstract: A device for growing plants is provided. The device has a panel assembly on which a one or a plurality of nutrient flow channels is supported to provide nutrient flow passages from an inlet at an upper region to an outlet at a lower region of the support panel. A plurality of grow pockets is supported on an opposite side face of the support panel, the grow pockets in alignment with the nutrient flow channels. Each grow pocket has a plant access opening. A fluid aperture in the support panel is disposed at a lower region of each grow pocket for fluid communication between an interior of the grow pocket and the aligned nutrient flow passage.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Freight Farms, Inc.Inventor: Jon Friedman
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Patent number: 9288948Abstract: A system and method for generating high-yield plant production is disclosed. The system includes a container, a growing station, and a monitoring system. The growing station includes vertical racks, a lighting system, an irrigation system, a climate control system, and a ventilation system. The monitoring system monitors all of the systems in the growing station, as well as the environment within the container, to provide real-time data and alerts to a user.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Freight Farms, Inc.Inventors: Brad McNamara, Jon Friedman