Patent ID: 7012188

Claim:
A framing system for mounting a solar laminate to form a solar panel which is to be mounted at an inclination to horizontal on a building structure, the framing system comprising: (a) an upper elongate frame element; (b) two side elongate frame elements; (c) wherein; i) each of said frame elements has an elongate channel for engaging in weather-sealing relationship with an associated edge of the solar laminate and; ii) the frame elements are adapted to be inter-connected at respective corners of the frame system, d) the upper frame element has a depending retaining element for retaining the framing system from movement in a direction down the building structure, a supporting element for supporting the frame system on a batten of the building structure and an upper portion for weather-sealing purposes, the upper portion being spaced from the elongate channel and being adapted to support in overlapping, weather-sealing relationship a lower portion of a further solar panel, and; (e) the side frame elements each having, in an upper surface portion, an upstanding wall element for cooperation with a capping element adapted to bridge between adjacent solar panels to form a weather seal.