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

Claim 9:
10. A method of assembling a solar support structure comprising:
connecting a plurality of channel rails to a plurality of purlins forming a rail framework such that an upper side of each of the plurality of channel rails lie in a common plane; 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 channel rails;
connecting the second shingling rail to 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; 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 the second photovoltaic panel lies in a plane angled from the common plane, and the first photovoltaic panel lies in parallel to the common plane; and
connecting a clip between the first and second photovoltaic panels where the third side of the second photovoltaic panel partially overlaps the fourth side of the first photovoltaic panel.