Patent ID: 8713861

Claim:
A roof tile system for a structure, the system comprising: a left edge tile having a top side for facing away from a structure, a bottom side for facing the structure, a left side, a right side, an upper side for facing an upslope direction and a lower side for facing a downslope direction, the left edge tile further having a left side extended portion spanning along a length of the left side of the left edge tile and extending from the top side, passed the bottom side and to a distance beyond the bottom side of the left edge tile; a field tile having a top side for facing away from a structure, a bottom side for facing the structure, a left side, a right side, an upper side for facing the upslope direction and a lower side for facing the downslope direction; a solar panel tile having a top side for facing away from a structure, a bottom side for facing the structure, a left side, a right side, an upper side for facing the upslope direction and a lower side for facing the downslope direction, the solar panel tile defining a cavity sized and shaped for mounting therein a solar panel; and a right edge tile having a top side for facing away from a structure, a bottom side for facing the structure, a left side, a right side, an upper side for facing the upslope direction and a lower side for facing the downslope direction, the right edge tile further having a right side extended portion spanning along a length of the right side of the right edge tile and extending from the top side, passed the bottom side and to a distance beyond the bottom side of the right edge tile; the left edge tile, the field tile, the solar panel tile and the right edge tile being operative to engage in a side-by-side arrangement to form at least a partial course of tiles of the system in which at least one of the tiles at least partially overlaps an adjacent one of the tiles.