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Rain gutter with integral reinforcing member and gutter guard

  • US 20120192502A1
  • Filed: 02/01/2011
  • Published: 08/02/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An integral gutter reinforcing member and gutter guard apparatus for use with a K-style rain gutter that includes a substantially flat rear wall terminating at a rear upper edge, and a front wall that includes a curved wall portion, a substantially flat upper wall portion substantially parallel to the rear wall, a gutter flange extending substantially normally from the upper wall portion toward the rear wall, and a gutter lip extending from the gutter flange away from the rear wall, wherein a first inside corner is defined at a junction of the upper wall portion and curved wall portion, a second inside corner is defined at a junction of gutter flange and the upper wall portion, and a close inside corner is defined at a junction of the gutter lip and the gutter flange, the guard comprising:

  • a substantially flat center section having an upper surface, a lower surface, a front edge and a rear edge;

    a guard rear flange substantially extending from the upper surface proximate the rear edge;

    a guard lip extending from guard rear flange distal from the center section;

    an L-shaped guard front flange proximate the front edge, the guard front flange comprising a first leg extending from the upper surface, and a second leg extending from the first leg and substantially toward the guard rear flange, wherein;

    a lower outside corner is defined at a junction of the center section and the first leg;

    an upper outside corner is defined at a junction of the first leg and the second leg;

    the guard is adapted to be installed within the gutter, whereby;

    the second leg of the guard is substantially nested within the close corner of the gutter;

    the lower outside corner of the guard is substantially nested within the first inside corner of the gutter;

    the upper outside corner of the guard is substantially nested within the second inside corner of the gutter; and

    the rear upper edge of the gutter is substantially nested between the guard lip and the guard rear flange.

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