US Patent Issued to Practical Renewables Racking on Nov. 18 for "Systems for forming a pitched roof section or wall with the use of solar panels" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,733, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Practical Renewables Racking Inc. (Sealy, Texas).

"Systems for forming a pitched roof section or wall with the use of solar panels" was invented by Kenneth R. McDonald (Sealy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for forming a pitched wall or roof section with solar panels on an underlying subframe include a panel support framework extending angularly upwardly over at least part of the subframe. In some embodiments, one or more clamps secures a first solar panel to the framework closer to the lower end than the upper end of the subframe and one or more other clamps secures a second sola...