MX2012008556A - Vertical garden panel. - Google Patents

Abstract

A vertical garden panel formed by a base fabric fastened to fastening means and a plurality of individual fabrics fastened by staples or stitches to the base fabric in such a manner that each fabric may form an individual bag useful for containing earth and plants. Additionally, the vertical garden panel of the present invention includes means for watering each bag.

Description

VERTICAL GARDEN PANEL BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A. FIELD OF THE INVENTION.

The present invention relates to structures for vertical gardens and more particularly to a vertical garden panel that is formed by a base fabric subject to fixing means and a plurality of individual fabrics fastened by means of staples or seams to the base fabric of so that each fabric forms an individual bag that serves as a means to contain soil and plants. Additionally, the vertical garden panel of the present invention includes means for irrigating each bag.

B. DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART.

There are several devices in the prior art for the vertical cultivation of plants. Basically there are two types of vertical gardens: the "green facades" and the "living walls". The green facades are formed by climbing plants that grow directly on the wall or in specific support structures, and their roots grow towards the ground. Living walls are comprised of modular panels that are commonly made of stainless steel containers or geotextiles, irrigation systems, growth media for plants and vegetation.

One of the most common living wall structures comprises a flexible material attached to a support material by which "bags" are formed to contain the plants and their sustenance. Examples of said living walls are described in documents 20110059518 and 20110219688.

In many such living wall designs, the bags are formed by rows, and each row is formed by a single strip of fabric divided by means of means separators to form bags. However, said design does not provide freedom to form bags in other positions. Additionally, it would be desirable that said designs have means to irrigate each bag.

In view of the aforementioned problems and needs, the applicant developed a living wall vertical garden panel comprising a base fabric attached to fixing means and a plurality of individual fabrics held by means of staples or seams at any place on the fabric base so that each fabric forms an individual bag that serves as a means to contain soil and plants. Additionally, the vertical garden structure of the present invention includes means for irrigating each bag.

Thanks to the vertical garden panel of the present invention includes means to irrigate each individual bag, it facilitates the maintenance of the plants contained in each, thus allowing the installation of large living wall surfaces, even in places that are not very accessible .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore a principal object of the present invention to provide a living wall vertical garden panel comprising: a base fabric attached to fixing means; a plurality of individual fabrics fastened by means of staples or seams anywhere on the base fabric such that each fabric forms an individual bag that serves as a means to contain soil and plants; and means to irrigate each bag.

It is still a principal object of the present invention to provide a vertical wall panel type living wall of the nature described above, which allows easy irrigation of each bag, thus allowing the installation of large living wall surfaces, including in inaccessible places.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art from the following detailed description of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a diagram of the vertical garden panel of the present invention, having eight rows and three columns.

Figure 2 is a diagram of the vertical garden panel of the present invention, having eight alternating rows of three and four bags.

Figure 3 is a diagram of a bag of the vertical garden panel of the present invention in accordance with a second embodiment thereof.

Figure 4 is a vertical panel diagram of the present invention including a channel frame.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION.

The vertical garden panel of the present invention will now be described with reference to a preferred embodiment thereof and in accordance with the accompanying drawings wherein the same signs and numbers refer to the same elements With reference to Figure 1, the vertical garden panel of the present invention comprises: A support surface (1) of quadrangular shape, comprising a board of a rigid material; a support canvas (not shown) made of synthetic fabric or fleece, of quadrangular shape, joined to the support surface by fixing means selected from the group comprising, but not limited to: staples, nails, screws and glue; one or more bags (3), each formed of a single upper canvas (4) of synthetic fabric or plush, joined at the periphery loosely to the support canvas by means of staples or seams, said upper canvas (4) having one or more grooves (5) defining an opening for a bag and each bag formed by joining a portion of supporting canvas (2) and the upper canvas by means of staples or seams, in such a way that said staples or seams delimit the portion of support canvas (2) and upper canvas (4) forming a bag with a superior opening, in where the bags can be formed in such a way as to form row and / or column patterns; one or more synthetic fabric or plush covers (not shown), each housed in a respective bag (5), which receives the soil and roots of a plant, allowing it to be taken out and put in the bag in such a way that a fallen plant or dead can be easily removed and replaced with a sheath that has a new plant; An irrigation system that includes: a main pipe (6), made of PVC or any other suitable material, connected to a water supply (7), said main pipe including a filter (not shown) in the portion where it is connected to the water supply and fastened to the canvas of support by means of clamps or any other suitable means; one or more irrigation pipes (8), made of PVC or any other suitable material, connected to the main pipe (6) horizontally on one or more bags (3), where each irrigation pipe (8) includes perforations (not shown) located in a lower portion of the same which coincide with a specific bag to drop water on it and where each irrigation pipe is supported support canvas by means of clamps or any other suitable means. In a preferred embodiment, the irrigation system includes a maximum of three irrigation pipes; The vertical panel of the present invention can additionally include a channel frame (Figure 4), which surrounds the support canvas and the upper canvas (4), formed by a channel-like upper portion (9), a side pipe portion (10), connected to one end of the upper portion (9) and a lower pipe portion (11) whose ends are connected to one end of the side pipe portion (10), wherein said lower pipe (11) having one or more outlet openings (not shown) that drop liquid into a container (3) which has a drain (14) and wherein said channel frame collects moisture and rainwater through the upper portion in the form of a channel and leaves by the one or more outlet openings of the lower pipe portion to the container (13) to be dislodged by the drain (14).

The vertical wall panel of the present invention allows the creation of green walls of any size and shape by installing several green wall panels. Each panel can be attached to a wall by means of hanging or brackets.

The support surface may comprise a rigid plastic board that provides a light frame to support the planted pockets and, moreover, prevents moisture from reaching the wall on which the system is mounted.

The weave of the fabric or the weft of the synthetic plush of each bag, provides an absorption route for the transport of water provided by the irrigation system and at the same time allows the exit of excess water from the pockets.

The fabric where the bags (3) are formed can be attached to the supporting canvas in various patterns of rows and / or columns, such as three, four, five or six bags per row up to a maximum of bags which can ideally be up to 56 plants.

The main pipe (6) of the irrigation system can be connected to a water supply controlled by a programmable hydraulic timer.

Additionally, said water supply may comprise a semi-closed system (not shown) comprising a water cabinet or reservoir, a submersible pump, filter and a channeling frame.

Although it has been described that the irrigation pipes (8) comprise pipes of Perforated PVC, these can include drippers or sprinklers that allow the escape of liquid from the pipe, or they can be directly connected to one or more bags in such a way that the liquid is allowed to flow inside the fabric of each bag, forming a Fluid flow path.

In a second embodiment of the invention, the vertical wall panel includes one or more complete bags comprising: an external bag (12) permeable to air and moisture made of 100% recycled plastic bottles, industrially known as felt, said outer bag including an upper portion (13) having at least one perforation (14), (14 ') to allow it to be hung on the vertical garden panel; Y An internal bag (not shown) impermeable to moisture, housed in a lower portion of the outer bag, said inner bag, made of a geotextile material made of 100% recycled plastic, wherein the periphery of the mouth of the bag internal moisture-proof, is attached to the lower portion of the outer bag by seams or any other suitable means.

In said second embodiment, the support canvas includes means for hanging each bag (not shown), which may comprise hooks, and each bag may be removed from the vertical garden panel and hung on any vertical surface independently.

Finally, it should be understood that the vertical garden panel of the present invention is not limited exclusively to the modalities described and illustrated above and that persons having ordinary skill in the art can, with the teachings provided by the invention, make modifications to the panel. of vertical garden of the present invention, which will be clearly within the inventive concept and scope of the invention that is claimed in the following claims.

Claims (17)

CLAIMS.

1. A vertical garden panel comprising: Support means; One or more bags, each attached to the support means in such a way that it has an opening upwards; Y An irrigation system to provide liquid to each bag, connected to a liquid supply.

2. A vertical garden panel according to claim 1, further comprising a support surface comprising a board of a rigid material and wherein the support means are attached to the support surface by fixing means selected from the group comprising , but not limited to: staples, nails, screws and glue.

3. A vertical garden panel according to claim 1, wherein the support means comprises a support canvas made of a textile material.

4. A vertical garden panel according to claim 3, further comprising a support surface comprising a board of a rigid material and wherein the canvas is attached to the support surface by fixing means selected from the group comprising, but not limited to: staples, nails, screws and glue.

5. A vertical garden panel according to claim 1, further comprising one or more removable covers, each housed in a respective bag, which receives the soil and roots of a plant.

6. A vertical garden panel according to claim 3, wherein each bag is made of a canvas of synthetic fabric or plush, attached to the supporting canvas by means of staples or seams in such a way as to form a bag having an opening upwards wherein the bags can be placed in such a way as to form a pattern of rows and / or columns.

7. A vertical garden panel according to claim 5, wherein each removable cover is made of synthetic fabric or plush, which receives the soil and roots of a plant, allowing it to be removed and put in a respective bag of such way that a fallen or dead plant can be easily removed and replaced with a sheath that has a new plant.

8. A vertical garden panel according to claim 1, wherein the irrigation system comprises: A main pipe connected to a water supply, attached to the supporting means; Y One or more irrigation pipes, connected to the main pipe horizontally to provide water to one or more bags.

9. A vertical garden panel according to claim 3, wherein the irrigation system comprises: a main pipe made of PVC or any other suitable material, connected to a water supply, said main pipe fastened to the supporting canvas by means of clamps or any other suitable means; One or more irrigation pipes made of PVC or any other suitable material, connected to the main pipe horizontally on one or more bags, where each irrigation pipe includes perforations located on a lower portion thereof which coincide with a specific bag for dropping water on it and where each irrigation pipe is supported by support canvas by means of clamps or any other suitable means.

10. A vertical garden panel according to claim 8, wherein each irrigation pipe includes means for providing water to each bag, which are selected from the group comprising but not limited to: drippers or sprinklers that allow the escape of liquid from The pipe or each pipe can be directly connected to one or more bags.

11. A vertical garden panel according to claim 1, wherein each bag comprises: an external bag permeable to air and moisture made of 100% recycled plastic bottles, industrially known as felt, said outer bag including in an upper portion, at least one perforation to allow it to be hung on the vertical garden panel; Y An internal bag impermeable to moisture, housed in a lower portion of the outer bag, said inner bag, made of a geotextile material made of 100% recycled plastic, where the periphery of the mouth of the inner bag impermeable to the moisture, is attached to the lower portion of the outer bag by stitching or any other suitable means; Wherein the support canvas, includes means for hanging each bag.

12. A vertical garden panel according to claim 3, wherein each bag is formed of a single top canvas of synthetic fabric or plush, attached at the periphery loosely to the support canvas by means of staples or seams, said upper canvas having one or more slots defining an opening for a bag and each bag formed by joining a portion of the supporting canvas and the upper canvas by staples or seams, such that said staples or seams delimit the portion of the supporting canvas and of upper canvas forming a bag with a superior opening.

13. A vertical garden panel according to claim 3, further comprising a support surface comprising a board of a rigid material and wherein the support canvas is attached to the support surface by fixing means selected from the group comprising , but not limited to: staples, nails, screws and glue, and where each bag is formed of a single top canvas of synthetic fabric or plush, joined at the periphery loosely to the support canvas by means of staples or seams, said upper canvas having one or more slots defining an opening for a bag and each bag formed by joining a portion of supporting canvas and the upper canvas by means of staples or seams, such that said staples or seams delimit the portion of support canvas and top canvas forming a bag with a top opening.

14. A vertical garden bag to contain plants and sustenance comprising: an external bag permeable to air and moisture made of recycled material permeable to air and moisture, said outer bag including means for it to be hung and having a top opening; Y an internal moisture impermeable bag made of a recycled material impervious to moisture, housed in a lower portion of the outer bag and attached thereto and having a top opening.

15. A vertical garden bag according to claim 14 wherein the outer bag is made of 100% recycled plastic bottles, industrially known as felt.

16. A vertical garden bag according to claim 14, wherein the inner bag is made of a geotextile material made of 100% recycled plastic.

17. A vertical garden bag according to claim 14, wherein the periphery of the upper opening of the internal moisture-impermeable bag is attached to the lower portion of the outer bag by stitching or any other suitable means.