Patent ID: 8365479

Claim:
A standalone or partially standalone solar photovoltaic (PV) structure, comprising: a solar PV roof deck including a support frame; a plurality of PV surfaces attached to the support frame; a beam for supporting the solar PV roof deck, the beam including an upper beam member, a lower beam member, and a beam end portion joining one end of the upper beam member and lower beam member, the beam end portion including an enclosed channel and an aperture for passing wires; the beam end portion including a hook and a tab extending away from the beam end portion, the hook and the tab forming a hook/tab pair; a support column, with a column top, the support column extending vertically beneath the solar PV roof deck; a column capital, secured to the column top, the column capital including a plurality of approximately vertical faces, the plurality of faces forming a hollow conduit; each face includes a plurality of slots for receiving the hook/tab pair and thereby securing the beam to the column in a fixed and non-rotatable position; and each face including an aperture for passing wires, the face aperture positioned and shaped to align with the beam end aperture.