Alignment device
OwnerAndrew Pindzolainventor
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Abstract
One or more embodiments of a system including a laser emitting device and a target is disclosed. The laser emitting device includes a connector configured to connect to a device having a flat top extending in a first plane and a flat side extending in a second plane, and a laser emitter connected to the connector such that when the connector is connected to the device, the laser emitter is configured to emit a laser in a first direction parallel to the first plane and the second plane. The target includes a body, a tray including at least one slit in a front side of the tray configured to allow passage of the laser into the tray, a neck connecting the body to the tray, and legs connected to the body and configured to support the body, neck, and tray.
Claims20
A method of aligning one or more solar panels on a roof, comprising:
- securing a laser device to the one or more solar panels such that a laser emitted from the laser device is parallel to a plane of a top surface of the one or more solar panels and parallel to a plane of a side of the one or more solar panels;
- placing a target on the roof, aligned with an element of the roof;
- using the laser emitted from the laser device to determine an alignment of the one or more solar panels, wherein the target includes a tray with a plurality of slits, and the one or more solar panels is determined to be misaligned if the laser passes through a first slit of the plurality of slits and contacts the tray at a location that is not aligned with the first slit;
- adjusting, based on the determination that the one or more solar panels is misaligned, the one or more solar panels;
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- using the laser emitted from the laser device to determine that the solar panel is aligned with the element of the roof, wherein the one or more solar panels is determined to be aligned if the laser passes through a first slit of the plurality of slits at an alignment angle.
A device comprising:
- a body;
- a tray including at least one slit in a front side of the tray configured to allow passage of light into the tray;
- a neck connecting the body to the tray;
- one or more legs connected to the body and configured to support the body, neck, and tray;
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- an alignment device including a flat side, wherein the alignment device is configured to adjustably extend from a first side of the body with the flat side perpendicular to the front side of the tray.
A system including:
- a laser emitting device including:
- a connector configured to connect to a device having a flat top extending in a first plane and a flat side extending in a second plane;
- and
- a laser emitter connected to the connector such that when the connector is connected to the laser emitting device the laser emitter is configured to emit a laser in a first direction parallel to the first plane and the second plane;
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- a target including:
- a body;
- a tray including at least one slit in a front side of the tray configured to allow passage of the laser into the tray;
- a neck connecting the body to the tray;
- and
- one or more legs connected to the body and configured to support the body, neck, and tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.