NOVELTY - Photovoltaic shingle comprises: (a) a shingle body having a front surface, a back surface, a top, a bottom, a first side, and a second side; (b) a tar tab located on the front surface; (c) an electrically conductive wire grid disposed on the front surface; (d) a lead attached to the back surface of the shingle; and (e) a solar film attached to the front surface of the shingle body.    USE - Used as a photovoltaic shingle for roofing on a building.    ADVANTAGE - The shingle is relatively thin so as not to detract from the aesthetic qualities of the building onto which the shingle is installed. It is flexible and usable as a typical tar-based shingle. It has relatively simple design and construction, and is inexpensive to manufacture and purchase. When used on a roof, it provides a solar system that is highly redundant so that a failure of any shingle in the overall system is localized to that shingle and does not affect the remainder of the system.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Photovoltaic shingle comprises: (a) a shingle body having a front surface, a back surface, a top, a bottom, a first side, and a second side; (b) a tar tab located on the front surface extending from the first side to the second side and disposed between the top and the bottom; (c) an electrically conductive wire grid disposed on the front surface between the tar tab and the bottom; (d) a lead attached to the back surface of the shingle with each lead electrically connected to the wire grid; and (e) a solar film attached to the front surface of the shingle body below the tar tab and either overlaying or underlaying the wire grid and electrically coupled to the wire grid so that electricity generated by the solar film is transferred to the wire grid which in turn transfers the electricity to the leads.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a plan view of the photovoltaic shingle.    Shingle body (12)    Front surface (14)    Tar tab (18)    Wire grid (20)    Lead contacts (22)    Connection wires (24)    Photovoltaic or solar film (26)    Conduction strip (28)