Method of manufacturing and installing a low profile mounting system

A method for manufacturing and installing a mounting system with solar panels, photovoltaic devices or solar energy devices, comprising:

• configuring a material into at least one rail formed with a plurality of tracks,
• shaping the rail so that at least two of the plurality of tracks are formed perpendicularly to one another,
• wherein a plurality of slots defined within the plurality of tracks by a pair opposing jaws,
• and further wherein the opposing jaws disposed in the at least one rail asymmetrically to the longitudinal axis of the at least one rail;
• providing at least one coupler,
• the coupler including at least one clamp and at least one first attachment device,
• wherein the rail is secured to the frame of at least one solar panel;
• including at least one ledge extending substantially perpendicularly from the rail;
• and
• including at least one second attachment device,
• the second attachment device configured to secure the rail to a surface, and
• installing the solar panel by securing a frame member of the solar panel, photovoltaic device or solar energy device to the rail.

A method for manufacturing and installing a mounting system with a solar panel on a surface comprising:

• configuring a material into a rail;
• shaping the rail to include a plurality of tracks,
• the tracks including a slot defined by opposing jaws, and at least two of the tracks disposed perpendicularly to one another;
• including at least one ledge extending perpendicularly from the rail;
• providing a coupler, the coupler including at least clamp and at least one first attachment device,
• and including at least one second attachment device,
• at least one track being slidably engageable with the second attachment device, and the second attachment device including means to couple to the rail to a surface, and
• installing the solar panel,
• wherein the first attachment device secures at least one solar panel frame to the rail.