Integrated horticultural grow rack kit

Abstract

A horticultural plant growing assembly includes a pair of casings, each with a bottom and a side wall. Each side wall includes an upper edge configured to engage one another to define a cavity between the casings. The plant growing assembly further includes a light system, and a plurality of frame members that are connectable together to form a frame, with the light system being attachable to the frame. The plant growing assembly is configurable into a packaged configuration and an assembled configuration. In the packaged configuration, the frame members and the light system are contained within the cavity, and in the assembled configuration the frame members are connected together to form the frame with the light system attached to the frame. One of the casings includes a shelf adapted to support a plant with the light system disposed above the shelf.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 
     
         1 . A horticultural plant growing assembly, said assembly comprising:
 a pair of casings, with each said casing comprising a bottom; and   a plurality of frame members, said frame members being connectable together to form a frame;   wherein said plant growing assembly is selectively configurable into a packaged configuration and an assembled configuration, wherein in said packaged configuration said casings are configured to be engaged together to form a packaging case defining a cavity between said bottoms of said casings with said frame members contained within said cavity, and wherein in said assembled configuration said frame members are connected together to form said frame with said frame engaged with at least one of said casings.   
     
     
         2 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said frame extends upwards from said at least one of said casings in said assembled configuration whereby said one of said casings comprises a bottom member of said plant growing assembly in said assembled configuration. 
     
     
         3 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 2 , wherein said bottom member comprises a shelf configured to support a plant. 
     
     
         4 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the other of said casings is engaged with an upper portion of said frame in said assembled configuration whereby said other of said casings comprises a top member of said plant growing assembly in said assembled configuration. 
     
     
         5 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 2 , further comprising an electric light for projecting light for growing plants, and wherein in said packaged configuration said electric light is contained within said cavity, and wherein in said assembled configuration said electric light is supported by said frame. 
     
     
         6 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said at least one of said casings is engaged with an upper portion of said frame in said assembled configuration whereby said one of said casings comprises a top member of said plant growing assembly in said assembled configuration. 
     
     
         7 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 6 , further comprising an electric light for projecting light for growing plants, and wherein in said packaged configuration said electric light is contained within said cavity, and wherein in said assembled configuration said electric light is supported by said frame. 
     
     
         8 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 7 , wherein said frame extends upwards from said other of said casings in said assembled configuration whereby said other of said casings comprises a bottom member of said plant growing assembly in said assembled configuration. 
     
     
         9 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said casings each include perimeter walls disposed about said bottoms of said casings, and wherein said perimeter walls of said one of said casings engage with said perimeter walls of the other of said casings when said casings are engaged together to form said packaging case. 
     
     
         10 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 9 , wherein said perimeter walls of each said casing comprise upper edges, and wherein said upper edges of said one of said casings engage with said upper edges of said other of said casings when said casings are engaged together to form said packaging case. 
     
     
         11 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a wrapper disposed about an exterior of said casings when in said packaged configuration, wherein said wrapper includes a handle. 
     
     
         12 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one fan that is selectively attachable to said frame, and wherein said fan is contained within said cavity in said packaged configuration. 
     
     
         13 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of frame members comprise elongate angled members and wherein said frame members comprise horizontal frame members and vertical frame members, and wherein when said frame members are connected to form said frame said horizontal frame members are oriented horizontally and said vertical frame members are oriented vertically. 
     
     
         14 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a reflective panel selectively attachable to said frame, wherein said reflective panel is configured to wrap around a pair of side sections and a back section of said frame, and wherein said reflective panel is contained within said cavity in said packaged configuration. 
     
     
         15 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a retractable reflective shade selectively attachable to said frame, wherein said retractable reflective shade is configured to selectively cover a front section of said frame and is configured to selectively expand and retract to provide access to said bottom member, and wherein said retractable reflective shade is contained within said cavity in said packaged configuration. 
     
     
         16 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of growing containers, wherein said growing containers are disposed within said cavity in said packaged configuration and are configured to be disposed on said bottom member when in said assembled configuration. 
     
     
         17 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said frame members comprise a plurality of posts and wherein said posts are vertically oriented when assembled into said frame, and further comprising a screen that is contained within said cavity in said packaged configuration and is selectively mountable to said posts in said assembled configuration. 
     
     
         18 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising an electric light for projecting light for growing plants, and wherein in said packaged configuration said electric light is contained within said cavity, and wherein in said assembled configuration said electric light is supported by said frame. 
     
     
         19 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 18 , wherein said electric light comprises a light panel. 
     
     
         20 . A horticultural plant growing assembly, said assembly comprising:
 a pair of casings, with each said casing comprising a bottom;   an electric light for projecting light for growing plants; and   a plurality of frame members, said frame members being connectable together to form a frame;   wherein said plant growing assembly is selectively configurable into a packaged configuration and an assembled configuration, wherein in said packaged configuration said casings are configured to be engaged together to form a packaging case defining a cavity between said bottoms of said casings with said frame members and said electric light contained within said cavity, and wherein in said assembled configuration said frame members are connected together to form said frame with said electric light supported by said frame.   
     
     
         21 . The plant growing assembly of  claim 20 , wherein in said assembled configuration said frame is engaged with at least one of said casings.