Patent ID: 8461449

Claim:
A fixing member for fixing solar battery modules, wherein each of the solar battery modules includes a polygonal solar battery panel main body having an outer peripheral edge, and the polygonal solar battery panel main bodies supported at the outer peripheral edges by frame bodies adjacent to each other are fixed by the fixing member, to a predetermined support member, the fixing member comprising: a to-be connected portion configured to restrict an upward movement of the frame bodies adjacent to each other; a pedestal configured to restrict a downward movement of the frame bodies adjacent to each other restricted by the to-be connected portion from moving upward; a connection portion connecting the pedestal and the to-be connected portion, the connection portion configured to restrict an outward movement of the solar battery module in a lateral direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the frame body and along a surface of the solar battery module restricted from moving downward and upward by the pedestal and the to-be connected portion; and a plate-like portion extending outwardly beyond one side of the pedestal in the lateral direction along which the frame bodies are adjacent to each other, wherein the fixing member is fixed to the predetermined support member through the plate-like portion, and configured to support the solar battery modules via the frame bodies adjacent to each other at both sides of the connection portion in the lateral direction such that upper surfaces of the solar battery modules are substantially flush with each other, and configured to slide along the frame body in the longitudinal direction, wherein the to-be connected portion, the pedestal, the connection portion, and the plate-like portion are formed in an integral manner, wherein the connection portion has a to-be engaged portion formed thereon at one side in the lateral direction, and the frame body out of the frame bodies adjacent to each other has formed thereon an engaging portion facing the to-be engaged portion of the connection portion, whereby the to-be engaged portion and the engaging portion, which are in a hook shape, are capable of being engaged or separated in a resilient manner in the lateral direction.