Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Covering Structures
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, and/or manufacture adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method configured for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, installing a support system for a green wall, the support system comprising a plurality of trays that are configured to interface with a securement system.
1 . A green wall system comprising a plurality of elongate trays, wherein:
the trays are configured to resist horizontal movement and downward movement of a plurality of elongate containers once the containers are installed in the trays, the containers configured to contain plant growing medium, the trays and containers operatively arrangeable to define a stacked plurality of substantially horizontally-extending courses;
each tray defines a substantially open-topped receptacle configured to receive at least a portion of a corresponding container from the plurality of elongate containers; and
a first tray from the plurality of elongate trays is configured to secure a corresponding elongated irrigation conduit that operatively extends substantially parallel to and between an inner bottom portion of the first tray and an bottom outer surface of the at least a portion of a corresponding container, the irrigation conduit having a generally annular longitudinal cross-section.
2 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
the plurality of elongate containers.
3 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
the plant growing medium.
4 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
the elongated irrigation conduit.
5 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plant growing in the plant growing medium located in a corresponding elongate container from the plurality of elongate containers.
6 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a brace configured to vertically secure, within the first tray, the at least a portion of the corresponding container.
7 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a brace that is configured to non-destructively removeably attach to the first tray and to secure, within the first tray, the at least a portion of the corresponding container.
8 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a restrainer configured to resist movement of the irrigation conduit with respect to a corresponding tray from the plurality of elongate trays.
9 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a securement system configured to secure the plurality of elongate trays to a wall.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first tray is configured to non-destructively removeably attach to a securement system.
11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first tray comprises a tray bottom portion that is substantially solid and comprises a plurality of ribs that are configured to retain a predetermined amount of water in the tray bottom portion.
12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first tray defines an aperture configured to prevent more than a predetermined volume of water from accumulating in the inner bottom portion of the first tray.
13 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first tray defines an opposing pair of longitudinal ends and is substantially open at each of those longitudinal ends.
14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first tray is substantially semi-annular in a predetermined longitudinal cross-section.
15 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first tray is configured to operatively allow plant roots to extend substantially downwards from the at least a portion of a corresponding container and below the first tray.
16 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first tray is configured to operatively secure the corresponding irrigation conduit substantially below the at least a portion of the corresponding container.
17 . A green wall system comprising a plurality of elongate trays, wherein:
each tray from the plurality of elongate trays defines a substantially open-topped receptacle configured to receive and resist horizontal movement of, and downward movement of, a corresponding container from a plurality of elongate containers that are configured to contain plant growing medium and be arranged to define a stacked plurality of substantially horizontally-extending courses; and
a first tray from the plurality of elongate trays is configured to secure a corresponding elongated irrigation conduit that operatively extends between a bottom of the first tray and an outer surface of the corresponding container received by the first tray, the irrigation conduit having an annular longitudinal cross-section.
18 . A green wall assembly, comprising:
a plurality of elongate tubular mesh socks containing plant growing medium and arranged to define a stacked plurality of horizontally-extending courses;
a plurality of trays that receive, support, and resist horizontal movement of, and downward movement of, the plurality of socks; and
an elongated irrigation conduit having a substantially annular longitudinal cross-section, a position of the irrigation conduit constrained by a set of trays from the plurality of trays to extend parallel to and along a bottom of a selected course of the stacked plurality of horizontally-extending courses.
19 . The green wall assembly of claim 18 , further comprising:
a plurality of plants growing in the plant growing medium.
20 . The green wall assembly of claim 18 , further comprising:
a wall securement system to which each of the plurality of trays is non-destructively removeably secured via one or more corresponding tray support members.