S-5!, based in Black Forest, Colo., announced the addition of 21 patents issued in 2023. The company’s total number of patent issuances is 133 since its first product was patented in 1991.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued S-5! patent number 11,808,043 for its S-5! Bonding Clip, which bonds and grounds standing seam metal roof panels to one another for safety purposes for roofs powered by electricity.
Other patents include the following:
- African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO): PVKIT 2.0 solar solution
- Australia: PVKIT solar solution; PVKIT 2.0 solar solution; TrapBracket attachment; RibBracket I-IV attachment; top-fix CorruBracket attachment; S-5-N Clamp; Standing Seam Clamp
- Brazil: GripperFix utility mounting solution
- Canada: PVKIT 2.0 solar solution
- Colombia: GripperFix utility mounting solution; PVKIT 2.0 solar solution
- Ghana: PVKIT 2.0 solar solution
- India: Standing Seam Clamp
- Kenya: PVKIT 2.0 solar solution
- Namibia: PVKIT 2.0 solar solution
- Panama: GripperFix utility mounting solution
- Saudi Arabia: PVKIT 2.0 solar solution
- Tanzania: PVKIT 2.0 solar solution
- S.: GripperFix utility mounting solution; WindClamp 2X external seam clamp
“As our international business expands, including the growth of solar worldwide due to global initiatives for clean energy, S-5! continues to be at the forefront of innovation, providing our channel partners with trusted, tested and engineered manufactured metal roof attachments,” says Rob Haddock, founder and CEO of S-5!. “Our research and development team always strives to innovate, improve, and re-innovate, while doing things the right way!”
