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Article: Arizona Inventors Develop Roof Tile Pedestal Mounting Assembly

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February 14, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 14 --Eric Bolze and Alejandro Gonzalez, both of Phoenix, and Marvin D. Johnson of Goodyear, Ariz., have developed a mounting assembly for securing an apparatus to a roof tile.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting assembly for securing a pedestal to a roof tile has a baseplate including a downwardly depending first hook at one end for receiving a first edge of the tile, an upwardly depending flange at an opposing end of the baseplate and a laterally extending stabilizer for engaging the surface of the tile."

An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The mounting assembly includes a detachable bracket having an ...

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