Patent ID: 8782996

Claim:
A method of assembling a photovoltaic array comprising: lifting a set of photovoltaic panels to a first position elevated above an underlying surface; performing panel installation work to the photovoltaic array from beneath the photovoltaic array while the photovoltaic array is in the first position; moving the set of photovoltaic panels to a second position elevated above the underlying surface; further assembling an underlying frame to support the set of photovoltaic panels in the elevated second position; setting the photovoltaic array onto the underlying surface; wherein the set of photovoltaic panels comprises a plurality of frame sections; wherein the plurality of frame sections each comprises a top surface and a bottom surface and the photovoltaic array comprises a first end and a second end; and wherein the to surface of each of the plurality of frame sections is inclined and substantially coplanar with the to surface of an adjacent frame section of the plurality of frame sections from the first end of the photovoltaic array to the second end of the photovoltaic array.