US 12,301,160 B2
Click-on tower and L-foot mount for attaching solar panels to a roof
Nathan Schuit, Moriarty, NM (US); and Jason Mayfield, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to Unirac, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by Unirac Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/671,442.
Application 17/671,442 is a continuation of application No. 15/659,038, filed on Jul. 25, 2017, granted, now 11,251,743.
Prior Publication US 2022/0173692 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H02S 20/00 (2014.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01); H02S 20/23 (2014.01); H02S 20/30 (2014.01); H02S 30/00 (2014.01); F16B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H02S 20/23 (2014.12) [H02S 20/30 (2014.12); H02S 30/00 (2013.01); F16B 5/02 (2013.01); F16B 5/06 (2013.01); F16B 5/065 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clampable mounting sub-assembly configured to connect to a slider having a slider lip, the mounting sub-assembly comprising:
an extrusion including:
a body having a first aperture and a second aperture defined therein, the second aperture opening into the first aperture;
a fixed portion monolithically formed with the body, the fixed portion including a third aperture defined therein, the fixed portion including a fourth aperture defined through a first side of the fixed portion and opening into the third aperture;
a plurality of parallel teeth formed on an interior surface of the first aperture defined within the extrusion; and
a clamp including:
a movable jaw including:
a lower lip to engage with the slider lip; and
a fifth aperture defined in the movable jaw and parallel to the third aperture; and
a fastener to fasten the movable jaw to the fixed portion,
wherein the fixed portion further includes a hook formed at an end of the fixed portion opposite the fourth aperture, the hook having a slanted surface that, upon implementation of the mounting sub-assembly to the slider, is shaped to engage with a correspondingly slanted surface of a flange of the slider.