Patent ID: 8590222

Claim:
A support arrangement for mounting solar modules to a roof, an area, or a similar support structure, comprising a support profile having two different longitudinal sides, which connects at least two solar modules arranged at the two different longitudinal sides, with a receptacle being provided at one of the longitudinal sides of the support profile, in which a free end of at least one first solar module is received, the support arrangement ( 1 ) comprises a separate profile element ( 7 ), which can be connected to the support profile ( 2 ) in an operating position without any screws, and in said operating position forms with a section of the support profile ( 2 ) at the other of the two different longitudinal side a receptacle ( 10 ) for a free end of at least one second solar module ( 12 ), and at least one clamping part ( 8 ), fixing the profile element ( 7 ), is arranged between the areas of the profile element ( 7 ) in an operating position, and a bar ( 18 ) of the support profile ( 2 ), the support profile including support surfaces arranged in a common plane that support the free ends of the first and second solar modules.