Patent ID: 8418984

Claim:
A clip for holding photovoltaic structure to a support structure, said clip comprising: a clip frame having a common support area, a first and second sidewall each connected, respectively, to the common support area, and a first and second top extension each connected, respectively, to the first and second sidewalls, the angle between the first and second sidewalls and the first and second top extensions being, respectively, less than 90 degrees; a pair of extending panel holding elements each abutting the first and second sidewalls, respectively, of the clip frame, and each extending in respective opposite directions from said common support area, one of said panel holding elements extending from said common support area to a greater extent than the other of said panel holding elements; a C-shaped panel holding area having a vertically extending wall, the C-shaped panel holding area extending in respective opposite directions from said common support area, the length of one of said C-shaped panel holding areas being greater than the length of the other of said C-shaped panel holding areas, wherein said clip has a bottom surface for mounting to said support structure and each of said panel holding elements has a side of said C-shaped panel holding area at said bottom of said clip and a side of said C-shaped holding area in contact with each respective top extension, each side of said C-shaped panel holding area at said bottom of said clip is longer than the opposing side of said C-shaped panel holding area in contact with each respective top extension of said clip.