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US 2009/0266406 A1Published application
Mounting for solar panels
AssigneeSolion Limited
InventorsMIKE DAVID DUKE, LOEY ABDLE SALAM
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Abstract
A mounting for solar panels has fixings which enable it to be easily attached to other mountings for a solar array and can be made of recycled plastic by vacuum forming.
Claims12
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A mounting for solar panels, the mounting comprising:
- a frame having a front edge, a rear edge, a top surface with a recess for receiving at least one solar panel, and side fixing means so that a plurality of like frames can be attached to each other in a side-by-side arrangement, the frame sloping upwards from the front to the back so that a solar panel received in said recess is inclined with respect to a surface on which said frame is supported in use;
- wherein:
- said front edge of said frame is narrower than said rear edge of said frame, and said rear edge is configured to cooperate with said surface to define an opening adjacent said surface;
- whereby said front edge of one said frame is capable of being inserted into and through a said opening in another like frame so that said front edge of said one frame fits beneath and inside the rear edge of said other like frame and can be attached to said other like frame.
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A mounting for solar panels, the mounting comprising:
- a frame having a front edge, a rear edge, a top surface with a recess for receiving at least one solar panel, and side fixings that enable a plurality of like frames to be coupled together in a side-by-side arrangement, the frame sloping upwards from the front to the back so that a solar panel received in said recess is inclined with respect to a surface on which said frame is supported in use;
- wherein:
- said front edge of said frame is narrower than said rear edge of said frame, and said rear edge includes a recessed outwardly projecting lip portion that cooperates with said surface to define an opening when said mounting is installed on said surface;
- whereby said front edge of one said frame is capable of being inserted into and through a said opening in another like frame until a top surface of said one frame abuts against said lip portion of said other like frame so that said front edge of said one frame fits beneath and inside the rear edge of said other like frame, said lip portion being configured to enable said one frame to be attached to said other like frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.