Solar panel assembly and support pad
AssigneeAtlantic Richfield Company
InventorWilbur W. Hawley
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Abstract
A solar panel assembly comprising at least one solar panel, support means for carrying said panel, and at least one support pad having a base plate, upstanding longitudinal sides, and spaced apart flange means for connection to said support means, said upstanding sides and opposed flange means defining an interior volume for receiving and holding weighting material.
Claims7
A pad adapted for supporting an associated solar panel assembly, comprising a longitudinally extending base plate having longitudinal edges joined by opposing lateral ends, the length of said base plate adapted to be approximately the width of said associated solar panel assembly, upstanding sides extending along said longitudinal edges of said base plate, flange means at opposite ends of said base plate and near said lateral ends, said upstanding sides having apertures therein along said lateral ends adapted to allow support members from said associated solar panel assembly to reach said flange means, said upstanding sides and opposed flange means defining an interior volume for receiving and holding weighting material.
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