US 12,003,211 B2
Tracking solar panel stand
Lowell Edwin Lingo, Jr., Morrisville, NY (US); and Benjamin Andrew Strohman, Henrietta, NY (US)
Assigned to DFI Enterprises, Morrisville, NY (US)
Filed by DFI Enterprises, Inc., Morrisville, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/902,032.
Prior Publication US 2024/0079993 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. H02S 30/10 (2014.01); H02S 20/32 (2014.01); F24S 25/10 (2018.01); F24S 25/632 (2018.01); F24S 30/00 (2018.01); F24S 30/40 (2018.01); F24S 30/455 (2018.01); F24S 50/20 (2018.01)
CPC H02S 30/10 (2014.12) [H02S 20/32 (2014.12); F24S 25/10 (2018.05); F24S 25/632 (2018.05); F24S 2030/115 (2018.05); F24S 2030/131 (2018.05); F24S 2030/136 (2018.05); F24S 2030/145 (2018.05); F24S 30/40 (2018.05); F24S 30/455 (2018.05); F24S 50/20 (2018.05)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar panel stand, comprising:
a plurality of vertical supports;
a horizontal support beam moveably coupled to the plurality of vertical supports;
a plurality of lateral arms protruding from the horizontal support beam;
a plurality of panel frames moveably attached to each lateral arm of the plurality of lateral arms; and
a plurality of solar panels, wherein each solar panel of the plurality of solar panels is installed within a panel frame from the plurality of panel frames, and wherein each frame of the plurality of panel frames has a mounting offset that is unequal to a mounting offset of an adjacent solar panel of the plurality of solar panels, and wherein one panel frame from the plurality of panel frames is a centrally mounted panel frame that is mounted at a midpoint of the horizontal support beam, and wherein the centrally mounted panel has a mounting offset that is half a width of a panel frame, and wherein one panel frame from the plurality of panel frames is mounted at a first end of the horizontal support beam, and wherein the panel frame mounted at the first end of the horizontal support beam is mounted such that the panel frame does not extend above the horizontal support beam, and wherein one panel frame from the plurality of panel frames is mounted at a second end of the horizontal support beam, and wherein the panel frame mounted at the second end of the horizontal support beam is mounted such that the panel frame does not extend below the horizontal support beam.