ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,127, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Tamarack Solar Products Inc. (Arcata, Calif.).

"Solar panel mounting configuration" was invented by David Katz (Arcata, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solar panels may be mounted relative to a support structure via a solar panel mounting system comprising at least one mounting foot, at least one mount adapter, at least one mounting rail and at least one channel nut. The solar panel may be fastened to the channel nut, which is positioned within an interior channel of the mounting rail. A mounting feature of the mounting rail is clamped between a connecting member of the mount adapter and ...