Patent ID: 8627598

Claim:
An apparatus for growing and harvesting a tangled mass composed of sprouted seed grain, comprising: a plurality of overlying immobile (relative to the frame), substantially planar surfaces having a length, each surface configured to receive a layer of seed grain that is permitted to grow for a predetermined period of time on each surface, the layer of seed grain becoming a continuous tangled mass of sprouted seed grain; and an extraction device for removing the mass from each surface; wherein the apparatus has an oscillating subframe for selectively moving the extraction device over each surface of the plurality of surfaces between a stored first position and an extended second position; wherein the subframe includes a plurality of substantially aligned pivoting fingers configured to extend in response to oscillating movement of the subframe in one direction for moving the mass relative to the corresponding surface, the plurality of pivoting fingers configured to retract in response to oscillating movement of the subframe in an opposite direction.