Patent ID: 9577572
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: F24S,H02S,Y02B,Y02E,Y10T

Claim:
1. A system configured for attachment to a vertical structure, the system comprising: a plurality of photovoltaic strips; a plurality of frames, which are cross-extrusions that enable concealed fixtures for attachment of bending flex cleats or hinges, wherein each frame holds a side of one of the photovoltaic strips; a plurality of semi-rigid channel bending flex cleats or hinges, wherein each cleat or hinge is affixed to two adjacent frames; a plurality of tube blocks, wherein each tube block is affixed to one frame and two tube blocks are affixed to a single bending flex cleat or hinge; a plurality of fasteners, wherein each fastener secures a tube block to a matching bending flex cleat or hinge and a matching frame; a plurality of U hanger brackets that are affixed to the plurality of frames; and a plurality of flexible strips that are affixed to the U hanger brackets.