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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 17, 2022
Origami Solar, Inc., Sacramento, CA (US);
Eric L. Hafter, Sacramento, CA (US);
John C. Patton, Rocklin, CA (US);
Origami Solar, Inc., Sacramento, CA (US);
Abstract
A frame () for supporting a solar panel () may include at least a first frame section (-), having a bottom flange () provided at a base of the first frame section () and a frame sidewall (). A panel containment structure (), at an upper portion of the frame sidewall, may have a lower shelf () extending from the sidewall (). One or more reinforced mounting holes () may be provided in the bottom flange (), in the frame sidewall (), or both in the bottom flange and in the frame sidewall. The bottom flange, frame sidewall. () and panel containment structure may be formed at least in part from folds () provided in a single piece of first framework material, the first framework material having an average thickness. One or more reinforced mounting holes may include an opening having a depth greater than the framework thickness.