Patents by Inventor Harufumi KOTANI

Harufumi KOTANI 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: 20200305369
    Abstract: A plant cultivation apparatus comprising a cultivation box which has a hollow rhizosphere portion for hanging a root of a cultivation plant, wherein: the cultivation box is constructed by detachably combining an upper panel and a lower panel; a bottom wall of the lower panel is provided with a waste liquid port and a trough-shaped gutter is detachably installed below the bottom wall of the lower panel over an entire length in a length direction; the upper panel is provided with nozzle-mounting holes at intervals in the length direction; a nozzle for spraying nutrient solution is inserted into each of the nozzle-mounting holes and hung in the rhizosphere portion; the upper panel is provided with planting holes for the cultivation plant; and a root of the cultivation plant is inserted into the planting hole and hung in the rhizosphere portion, to which the nutrient solution is sprayed from the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi IKEUCHI, Kazuhiro YONEDA, Daisuke KATAOKA, Yousuke HIKOSAKA, Harufumi KOTANI, Masataka TAKEMOTO