Patent ID: 11894797
Assignee: POWERSHINGLE, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of assembling a solar support structure comprising:
connecting a plurality of channel rails having an open, central channel defined by opposed side walls joined by a bottom to a plurality of purlins forming a rail framework such that the plurality of channel rails lie in a common plane angled relative to level;
affixing a first shingling rail having an inverted “L” shaped profile to a first side of a first photovoltaic panel;
affixing a second shingling rail having an inverted “L” shaped profile to a second side of the first photovoltaic panel opposite the first side of the first photovoltaic panel;
connecting the first shingling rail to one of the walls of one of the channel rails;
connecting the second shingling rail to one of the walls of an adjacent one of the channel rails;
affixing a third shingling rail having an inverted “L” shaped profile to a first side of a second photovoltaic panel;
affixing a fourth shingling rail having an inverted “L” shaped profile to a second side of the second photovoltaic panel opposite the first side of the second photovoltaic panel; and
arranging the first and second photovoltaic panels so that a third side of the second photovoltaic panel partially overlaps and lies atop a fourth side of the first photovoltaic panel, wherein one of the photovoltaic panels lies in a plane angled from the common plane and one of the photovoltaic panels lies parallel to the common plane.