Solar panel module and support therefor

A solar panel module for mounting to a surface of a roof or the like comprising:

• a solar panel having an upper surface for receiving incident solar radiation, an opposed under surface and conductive means electrically connected thereto;
• an elongate frame including a generally flat rectangular base having a support surface for supporting the under surface of said solar panel;
• means removably sealably securing said solar panel under surface to said frame support surface;
• raceway means on said frame for concealed passage of electrical wires electrically connected to said conductive means of said solar panel;
• means for interlocking said frames for forming an assembly of solar panel modules;
• means for attaching said frame to said roof surface,
• said raceway means being defined by first and second upstanding continuous walls extending longitudinally adjacent opposing laterally spaced edges of said solar panel, said first and second walls defining first and second channels, respectively for concealed receipt of electrical wires, said laterally spaced walls being differently configured so as to provide said means for interlocking said frames along their longitudinal extents, said first longitudinally extending wall of a module adapted to be relatively overlapped with said second differently configured longitudinally extending wall of another similar module,
• said interlocking means including means for interlocking a frame to another frame along their lateral extents, said lateral extent interlocking means defined by different configurations of the first and second walls at the spaced longitudinal ends of said frame, whereby the first and second walls at one longitudinal end of a module are insertable into the respective channels defined by said first and second walls at the other end of another similar module.