ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,173, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Solivus Ltd. (London).
"Commercial roof" was invented by Joanna Parker-Swift (London), James Baker (London) and Ciaran Cotter (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roof panel comprising a rigid sheet (1) of material for forming a structural roof. The sheet is formed with a plurality of ridges (2), and a flexible solar material (6) attached along at least one of the ridges. The maximum height of at least one ridge (2) above the lowermost plane of the sheet is greater than 50 cm. A method of forming the roof panel comprises forming through holes (11) in the metal sheet, adhering a flexible so...