US Patent Issued to Unirac on Oct. 27 for "Solar panel mounting apparatus" (New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,742, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Unirac Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Solar panel mounting apparatus" was invented by Stacy Harris (Albuquerque, N.M.), Todd Ganshaw (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Nathan Schuit (Moriarty, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar panel mounting assembly including a cap that includes a secure-side wing, a catch-side wing, and an integral vertical leg that protrudes downwardly from the catch-side wing. The vertical leg is integral with the catch-side wing and has a top end and a bottom end. A plurality of inwardly facing corrugations are disposed at the bottom end of the vertical leg. The solar panel mou...