US Patent Issued to Unirac on May 13 for "Click-on tower and L-foot mount for attaching solar panels to a roof" (New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,160, issued on May 13, was assigned to Unirac Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Click-on tower and L-foot mount for attaching solar panels to a roof" was invented by Nathan Schuit (Moriarty, N.M.) and Jason Mayfield (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting sub-assembly includes an extrusion including a first aperture defined therein, a plurality of parallel threads formed on an interior surface of the first aperture defined within the extrusion, and a clamp. The clamp includes a fixed portion monolithically formed with the extrusion. The fixed portion includes a second aperture defined therein. The fixed portion includes...