US 12,143,062 B2
Apparatus and method for solar energy collector
Joseph Sponsler, Portland, OR (US)
Filed by Joseph Sponsler, Portland, OR (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/108,229.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/316,687, filed on Mar. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0283229 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H02S 30/20 (2014.01); H02S 10/40 (2014.01)
CPC H02S 30/20 (2014.12) [H02S 10/40 (2014.12)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a first frame including:
a front end;
a rear end spaced from the front end; and
a cross member extending from the front end to the rear end;
a second frame rotatably coupled to the first frame, the second frame including:
a front member proximate to the front end and extending transversely relative to the cross member; and
a rear member proximate to the rear end and extending transversely relative to the cross member;
a vertically oriented first post with a first aperture located proximate to a proximal end of the first post;
a vertically oriented second post with a second aperture located proximate to a proximal end of the second post;
a first post receiver secured to the cross member proximate the front end, wherein the first post receiver is configured to slidably receive and retain the first post;
a second post receiver secured to the cross member proximate the rear end, wherein the second post receiver is configured to slidably receive and retain the second post; and
a roller bar with a proximal end secured to the front member and with a distal end secured to the rear member,
wherein:
the roller bar is extended through the first aperture of the first post and is extended through the second aperture of the second post so that the second frame is rotatably coupled to the first frame;
the system is configured to move between a closed configuration and an open configuration;
the second frame is above the first frame in the closed configuration;
the second frame is adjacent to the first frame in the open configuration;
the second frame is at a first elevation in the closed configuration; and
the second frame is at a second elevation that is lower than the first elevation in the open configuration.