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US 2024/0337252 A1Published application
Flat roof green energy support structure
AssigneeFlower Turbines, Inc.
InventorMark Daniel FARB
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Abstract
An apparatus for mounting green energy sources on a flat roof, includes multiple roof trusses for mounting atop the roof. The roof trusses support beams on which wind turbines are mounted. The roof trusses are secured to the roof with weighted bases. In addition to supporting wind turbines, the roof trusses may also support solar panels angled relative to a pitch of the roof.
Claims23
1-25. (canceled)
An apparatus for mounting a plurality of green energy sources on a flat roof, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of triangular external roof trusses configured for mounting atop the flat roof, each triangular external roof truss including a pair of upper chords, each upper chord having a proximal end configured to meet another of the pair of upper chords at a peak, and each upper chord having a distal end, and wherein each triangular external roof truss further includes a transversely extending support beam having opposing ends, each opposing end being configured to meet an associated one of the distal ends of the upper chords at a heel location, such that each triangular external roof truss has a pair of heel locations associated therewith;
- a plurality of heel weight bases, each heel weight base being connectable to an associated one of the plurality of triangular external roof trusses at an associated heel location, and each heel weight base being configured to lie on the flat roof for securing the associated heel location of the associated triangular external roof truss to the flat roof;
- a plurality of vertical support beams, each vertical support beam being configured to project from an associated one of the transversely extending support beams through and beyond the peak, wherein a portion of each vertical support beam beyond the peak is configured to support a wind turbine;
- and a scaffold structure for maintaining the plurality of triangular external roof trusses at a spaced distance from each other, the spaced distance being selected such that adjacent ones of the plurality of upper chords are enabled to support at least one solar panel thereon at an acute angle relative to the flat roof.
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47-68. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.