ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,812, issued on May 27, was assigned to EcoFasten Solar LLC (Phoenix).
"Roof mounting system" was invented by Brian Cecil Stearns (Tucson, Ariz.) and Douglas Timothy Lounsbury (Moretown, Vt.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roof mount assembly mounts a structure to a roof having a rafter and a substrate supported by the rafter. The roof mount assembly includes a piece of flashing positioned on the substrate. The flashing includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface and an aperture extending through the flashing. A fastener extends through the flashing aperture. A bracket is connected to the flashing via the fa...