US Patent Issued to Sunny Side Farm Forest & Fabrication on Nov. 4 for "Ballasted support structure and header for photovoltaic modules" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,584, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Sunny Side Farm Forest & Fabrication (Pequot Lakes, Minn.).

"Ballasted support structure and header for photovoltaic modules" was invented by Benjamin H. Butcher (Pequot Lakes, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A header for photovoltaic module support system and a photovoltatic module support system is disclosed. In various embodiments the header includes a beam and a plurality of strongback mounting tabs attached to the beam, each of the plurality of strongback mounting tabs attached to the beam such that the mounting tabs have an upward face that is mounted generally flush with an upward sur...