Patents by Inventor Caitlin Purigraski

Caitlin Purigraski has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10574177
    Abstract: An integral, monolithic mounting bracket supports a corner of a photovoltaic module. The bracket includes a ballast tray for holding one or more ballast blocks, and includes a plurality of monolithic support legs that are disposed at acute angles from a plane of the ballast tray and that are integral with the ballast tray. The bracket can be manufactured by stamping at least two identical sections of metal from the sheet and then bending-up each section on its remaining uncut fourth side into a near-vertical position, so that each bent-up section forms a monolithic support leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Unirac Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Bauer, Bill Vaught, Kim Weaver, Caitlin Purigraski, Stacy Harris, Charles Stubbs, David Saenz Alvarez
  • Publication number: 20190181795
    Abstract: An integral, monolithic mounting bracket supports a corner of a photovoltaic module. The bracket includes a ballast tray for holding one or more ballast blocks, and includes a plurality of monolithic support legs that are disposed at acute angles from a plane of the ballast tray and that are integral with the ballast tray. The bracket can be manufactured by stamping at least two identical sections of metal from the sheet and then bending-up each section on its remaining uncut fourth side into a near-vertical position, so that each bent-up section forms a monolithic support leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Steve Bauer, Bill Vaught, Kim Weaver, Caitlin Purigraski, Stacy Harris, Charles Stubbs, David Saenz Alvarez
  • Patent number: 10224865
    Abstract: An integral, monolithic mounting bracket supports a corner of a photovoltaic module. The bracket includes a ballast tray for holding one or more ballast blocks, and includes a plurality of monolithic support legs that are disposed at acute angles from a plane of the ballast tray and that are integral with the ballast tray. The bracket can be manufactured by stamping at least two identical sections of metal from the sheet and then bending-up each section on its remaining uncut fourth side into a near-vertical position, so that each bent-up section forms a monolithic support leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Unirac Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Bauer, Bill Vaught, Kim Weaver, Caitlin Purigraski, Stacy Harris, Charles Stubbs, David Saenz Alvarez
  • Publication number: 20170373632
    Abstract: An integral, monolithic mounting bracket supports a corner of a photovoltaic module. The bracket includes a ballast tray for holding one or more ballast blocks, and includes a plurality of monolithic support legs that are disposed at acute angles from a plane of the ballast tray and that are integral with the ballast tray. The bracket can be manufactured by stamping at least two identical sections of metal from the sheet and then bending-up each section on its remaining uncut fourth side into a near-vertical position, so that each bent-up section forms a monolithic support leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Steve BAUER, Bill VAUGHT, Kim WEAVER, Caitlin PURIGRASKI, Stacy HARRIS, Charles STUBBS, David Saenz ALVAREZ
  • Patent number: D792342
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Unirac Inc.
    Inventors: Caitlin Purigraski, Stacy Harris
  • Patent number: D799420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Unirac Inc.
    Inventors: Caitlin Purigraski, Stacy Harris
  • Patent number: D801913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Unirac Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Bauer, Bill Vaught, Kim Weaver, Caitlin Purigraski, Stacy Harris, Charles Stubbs
  • Patent number: D801914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Unirac Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Bauer, Bill Vaught, Kim Weaver, Caitlin Purigraski, Stacy Harris, Charles Stubbs
  • Patent number: D801915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Unirac Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Bauer, Bill Vaught, Kim Weaver, Caitlin Purigraski, Stacy Harris, Charles Stubbs