Patent ID: 7896000

Claim:
A frame component for mounting a solar collector panel, comprising: a transverse wall having a first face and an opposing face; a pair of shelves extending from the first face; a complementary pair of shelves extending from the opposing face, wherein the spacing between the shelves of the first pair of shelves is less than the spacing between the shelves of the complementary pair of shelves; and a first open bore adjacent a first one of the shelves of the pair of shelves for receiving an edge of a solar collector panel; such that when a first frame component comprising a first transverse wall, a first pair of shelves, and a first complementary pair of shelves, is engaged with a second frame component comprising a second transverse wall, a second pair of shelves, and a second complementary pair of shelves such that the first complementary pair of shelves is fitted against the second complementary pair of shelves, an airflow channel is defined by the opposing face of the first transverse wall, the opposing face of the second transverse wall, and by shelves of each of the first and second complementary pair of shelves.