ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,594, issued on April 15, was assigned to Couillard Solar Foundation Inc. (Deerfield, Wis.).
"Solar panel support structure" was invented by Cal L. Couillard (Deerfield, Wis.) and Amer B. Arafat (Madison, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar panel support structure has two inclined extruded first members with upper heads and lower parts fastened by brackets to horizontal beams. Clamping members with diamond shaped bases extend into the first member heads which communicate with upper and lower tapped holes. The heads have lips disposed to underlie a solar panel extending between the two first members. Set screws with conical inte...