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GUTTER PROTECTOR

  • US 20130145699A1
  • Filed: 12/08/2011
  • Published: 06/13/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A gutter protector for restricting the accumulation of leaves and other debris in a gutter, the gutter having a front side, back side, bottom side, and open top, the front side having a rearwardly facing C-shaped channel at the top thereof, with the channel having an upper lip at an upper edge thereof, the gutter protector being formed from a generally flat panel having at least two layers, the layers comprising an upper layer formed of a porous screen formed of synthetic resin and a lower layer formed of a compressed non-woven synthetic fibrous material, the upper and lower layers being secured together to form the panel, the screen having a pore size sufficient to permit water to flow therethrough but to substantially exclude passage of leaves, plant seeds and roof grit therethrough and being smooth enough to permit such materials to slide over the screen, the panel being semi-rigid but at least somewhat resiliently deflectable, the panel having a front portion and a rear portion, with the front portion being formed so as to extend over the open top of the gutter when the protector is placed in the gutter, and with the rear portion being formed so as to extend downwardly from a rear edge of the front portion to a position where a lower edge of the rear portion engages the bottom side of the gutter when the protector is placed in the gutter, the front and rear portions being deflectable along a hinge edge between them, with a relieved portion of the non-woven fibrous material being located along the hinge edge, the panel having a longitudinal recess in the upper side thereof that extends along the upper front edge of the front portion such that a securing lip extends outwardly on the front edge of the panel beneath the longitudinal recess, the front edge of the panel being formed such that when the securing lip is positioned in the C-shaped channel the upper layer of the panel adjacent the securing lip and positioned adjacent to the upper lip of the C-shaped channel is elevated above the upper lip, whereby debris on the upper surface of the protector can easily slide over the upper lip without being obstructed by it.

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