US Patent Issued on Feb. 3 for "Mount for installing a photovoltaic panel or a solar cell on a shingled roof" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,512, issued on Feb. 3.

"Mount for installing a photovoltaic panel or a solar cell on a shingled roof" was invented by Preston Nelson (Mount Vernon, Ill.) and Matthew Brendel (Mascoutah, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mount for installing a photovoltaic array on a shingle roof includes a base and a first support panel and second support panel that extend upwardly from the base. The base has one or more openings that accept fasteners to secure the base to a roof surface with the fasteners positioned entirely underneath a shingle of the roof positioned above the fasteners. The fasteners are therefore concealed by the shingle and p...