Roofing tile

A tile roof assembly made up of lightweight roofing tiles of molded plastic material, each tile comprising a rectangular panel having first and second longitudinal edge portions adapted to extend in slope direction of a sloped roof and an upper lateral edge and a lower lateral edge adapted to run parallel to the horizontal edges of the sloped roof;

• the upper lateral edge and the first longitudinal edge portion having an upstanding ledge portion, the second longitudinal edge portion having a raised portion with a downwardly extending flange, the raised portion being adapted to overlap the upstanding ledge of the first longitudinal edge portion of a first adjacent tile;
• the bottom lateral edge portion having a downwardly extending flange adapted to overlap the upstanding ledge at the upper lateral edge portion of a further adjacent tile;
• a lower portion of said one longitudinal edge portion being provided with fastener access means whereby a fastener can be passed therethrough to anchor the tile to the roof, the flange of said raised portion on said second longitudinal edge portion being provided with a tab extending downwardly from the flange, slightly angled outwardly from the tile panel to tightly fit within a corresponding recess defined in the first adjacent tile at a right angle to the plane of the panel such that when a fastener anchors the lower one horizontal edge, the tab is thus interlocked within the recess of the adjacent tile.