Patent ID: 7788848
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: A01G,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A modular apparatus for constructing a green wall, said modular apparatus adapted to display plantings substantially horizontally when said modular apparatus is mounted to a vertical side grid wall associated with a wall of a fixed structure, said modular apparatus comprising: a plurality of planting boxes of said modular apparatus, the modular apparatus for mounting to said wall of said fixed structure via said grid wall and the planting boxes for receiving said plantings; said planting boxes and modular apparatus having opposing first and second substantially flat side walls; a rear wall of said modular apparatus for mounting to said grid wall associated with a fixed structure wall by downward-locking catching apparatus; a top wall of said modular apparatus having a concave cross-section and a slot extending vertically downward, the slot disposed off-center of said concave cross-section, said slot having an aperture at the bottom, said top wall for receiving water in said slot for delivery to said plantings; a bottom wall of said modular apparatus having a convex cross-section, said bottom wall of one modular apparatus adapted to be received within the cross-sectional area of a top wall of an immediately adjacent, vertically lower modular apparatus such that an irrigation gap of between one and five millimeters is provided between the walls, said bottom wall of convex cross-section further adapted to collect water on a top convex surface and being provided with an aperture disposed off-center of said convex cross-section, the bottom wall for collecting and retaining water received at said top convex surface, said aperture for permitting water to be received at said top wall of one of an immediately lower modular apparatus of said green wall and a cistern; and a louver disposed between said top wall and said bottom wall for fixed connection to said side walls and said rear wall at a predetermined upward angle and having an aperture disposed in said louver opposite said rear wall, said louver separating said modular apparatus into upper and lower planting boxes, said louver for collecting and retaining water received at a top surface of said louver and for delivery of water by gravity flow to plantings planted below in a lower planting box of said modular apparatus.