Patent ID: 8235863

Claim:
Device with a liquid reservoir for growing of a surface, comprising: a tray having a bottom wall and side walls, defining at least one reservoir designed to contain a liquid; a platform, designed to be placed on the tray and to support a growing substrate, the platform comprising a main portion that is substantially flat provided with at least one well the bottom of which comprises at least one orifice capable of communicating with the liquid contained in the tray; means for carrying liquid in the reservoir, arranged at least partially on the platform and separate from the orifice of the well; wherein the platform comprises a plurality of reinforcing walls, separate from the liquid carrying means and protruding substantially perpendicularly upwards from the main portion of the platform, said reinforcing walls having sufficient height so that, when the platform is placed on the tray in a position of use, a top edge of the reinforcing walls forms a highest portion of the device with a liquid reservoir, and the reinforcing walls being distributed on a surface of the main portion of the platform so as to allow a distribution of loads applied to said device with a liquid reservoir.