Patent ID: 8763311

Claim:
A system for inhibiting snow on a sloped roof, comprising: at least one solar panel mounted to a surface of the roof, wherein a lower edge of the solar panel furthest from an apex of the roof has a lower edge height measured perpendicularly form the surface of the roof to the top of the lower edge; and at least one snow inhibiting device, comprising a base, adapted for attachment to the surface of the roof, and a planar guard member having a proximal end securely attached to a surface of the base and a distal end projecting away from the surface of the base, said planar guard member having a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein at least a portion of the leading edge furthest from the base is configured to break up one or more sections of snow, wherein the at least a portion of the leading edge is one of sharpened or rounded, wherein the planar guard member projects from the surface from the base in a single plane to a height greater than the lower edge height of the at least one solar panel.