Granted Patent B2

US 12,733,593 · App. 18/688,255 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Inventors: Soobeom Lee (Seoul, KR); Hakju Lee (Seoul, KR); Seok Man Kang (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

A01G7/045A01G31/02A01G27/005A01G27/04

Abstract

Claims (58)

1 . A plant cultivator comprising:

a main body on which a cultivation package with a growing medium is seated;

a light assembly configured to emit light toward the cultivation package;

a housing disposed above the main body and configured to accommodate the light assembly; and

a spacer configured to connect the main body and the housing,

wherein the spacer includes:

a first spacer having an upper end portion which is coupled to a first end portion of the housing and a lower end portion which is coupled to the main body; and

a second spacer having an upper end portion which is coupled to a second end portion of the housing and a lower end portion which is coupled to the main body; and

wherein the housing includes an extension part disposed between the first end portion of the housing and the second end portion of the housing,

wherein the light assembly is provided on a lower part of the extension part,

wherein the upper end portion of the first spacer is configured to prevent the first spacer from being coupled with the second end portion of the housing,

wherein a first insert body protruding upward and having a first insertion space therein is provided on the upper end portion of the first spacer,

wherein a second insert body protruding upward and having a second insertion space therein is provided on the upper end portion of the second spacer,

wherein a first fitting main body is provided inside the housing and at the first end portion of the housing, the first fitting main body protruding downward and being configured to be inserted into the first insertion space when the first spacer is coupled to the housing,

wherein a second fitting main body is provided inside the housing and at the second end portion of the housing, the second fitting main body protruding downward and being configured to be inserted into the second insertion space when the second spacer is coupled the housing, and

wherein a width of a lower end of the second fitting main body in a front and rear direction is greater than a width of an upper end of the first insertion space in the front and rear direction.

2 . The plant cultivator of claim 1 ,

wherein the light assembly receives power from the main body through the spacer.

3 . The plant cultivator of claim 2 ,

wherein the connector part is positioned to be spaced apart from the second spacer.

4 . The plant cultivator of claim 2 ,

wherein the connector part includes:

a first connector disposed at one of the upper end portion or the lower end portion of the first spacer;

a second connector disposed at another one of the upper end portion or the lower end portion of the first spacer; and

a wire configured to electrically connect the first connector and the second connector.

5 . The plant cultivator of claim 4 ,

wherein the first spacer includes:

a first spacer body which is hollow and has a first end portion and a second end portion, each of the first end portion and the second end portion of the first spacer body being open;

a first spacer insert disposed at the first end portion of the first spacer body and configured to close the first end portion of the first spacer body; and

a first spacer fitting disposed at the second end portion of the first spacer body and configured to close the second end portion of the first spacer body;

wherein the first connector is coupled to the first spacer insert,

wherein the second connector is coupled to the first spacer fitting, and

wherein the wire is disposed inside the first spacer body.

6 . The plant cultivator of claim 5 ,

wherein a first fitting is provided at the first end portion of the housing, and the first fitting is configured to be coupled to the first spacer insert when the first spacer is coupled to the housing, and

wherein a third connector is disposed in the first fitting, and the third connector is configured to be electrically connected to the first connector of the first spacer when the first fitting is coupled to the first spacer insert.

7 . The plant cultivator of claim 6 ,

wherein the main body includes a first main body insert, and the first main body insert is configured to be coupled to the first spacer fitting when the first spacer is coupled to the main body, and

wherein a fourth connector is disposed on the first main body insert, and the fourth connector is configured to be electrically connected to the second connector of the first spacer when the first main body insert is coupled to the first spacer fitting.

8 . The plant cultivator of claim 7 ,

wherein the fourth connector provided in the first main body insert is configured to be electrically connected to a third connector provided in the first fitting of the housing when the housing and the main body are coupled together without the spacer.

9 . The plant cultivator of claim 7 ,

wherein the first connector and the fourth connector are male connectors, and the second connector and third connectors are female connectors.

10 . The plant cultivator of claim 4 ,

wherein the first connector is a male connector, and the second connector is a female connector.

11 . The plant cultivator of claim 1 ,

wherein the spacer includes a connector part configured to transmit the power from the main body to the light assembly and disposed on the first spacer.

12 . The plant cultivator of claim 1 ,

wherein a width of a lower end of the first fitting main body in the front and rear direction is less than a width of an upper end of the second insertion space in the front and rear direction.

13 . The plant cultivator of claim 12 ,

wherein the width of the upper end of the second insertion space in the front and rear direction is greater than a width of the lower end thereof in the front and rear direction.

14 . The plant cultivator of claim 1 ,

wherein the light assembly includes:

a circuit board received in the extension part; and

a plurality of light source elements provided on the circuit board, and

wherein the housing includes at least one of a transparent cover or one or more holes through which light from the light source elements is emitted toward the cultivation package.

15 . The plant cultivator of claim 1 ,

wherein the housing defines a handle configured to be touched by a user to move the plant cultivator.

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