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Photovoltaic panel support assembly

  • US 5,125,608 A
  • Filed: 01/30/1991
  • Issued: 06/30/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A support assembly for mounting an array of photovoltaic panels, said assembly comprising:

  • a plurality of front posts to support one portion of the array of panels, each of said front posts having an outer anchor portion configured to be driven sufficiently into a ground mass to resist removal therefrom during wind loading of about at least twenty-one (21) pounds per square foot on said array of photovoltaic panels, and an inner leg portion telescopically cooperating with said outer anchor portion;

    a plurality of rear posts, each of said rear posts having an outer anchor portion configured to be driven sufficiently into a ground mass to resist removal therefrom during wind loading of about at least twenty-one (21)pounds per square foot on said array of photovoltaic panels, and an inner leg portion telescopically cooperating with said outer anchor portion;

    a front horizontal support affixable to each of said front post leg portions; and

    a rear horizontal support affixable to each of said rear post leg portions, at least one of said front or rear horizontal supports having means for mounting the photovoltaic panels thereto.

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