ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,881, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Unirac Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.).
"Systems and methods for mounting solar panels" was invented by John Kapla (San Jose, Calif.) and Kyle Feldmann (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mounting a solar panel system includes installing a skirt to a roof in a predetermined position, the predetermined position guiding an alignment for additional components installed in the solar panel system; integrating a solar panel with a flange of the skirt, wherein the skirt supports a portion of the solar panel; determining if a width of the solar panel system will be increased; installing an addi...