Raised arc rain gutter debris preclusion device

• US 20140215929A1
• Filed: 09/23/2013
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gutterglove Inc.
• Original Assignee: Robert C. Lenney
• Inventors: Lenney, Robert C.
• Application Number:
  US13/998,004
• Publication Number:
  US 20140215929A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/12
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/064 Gutters drainage channels on the roof surface E04D13/0445; gutters for greenhouses A01G9/1476
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/0725 situated above or inside the gutter
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/0727 situated mainly at the rear side of the gutter
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/076 Devices or arrangements for removing snow, ice or debris from gutters or for preventing accumulation thereof
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/0767 Strainers at connection between gutter and down pipe

Abstract

A gutter debris preclusion device for use with a gutter attached to a building, comprising a support structure being substantially rigid and having a recess with a plurality of apertures and a plurality of ribs; a screen having a plurality of apertures and being at least partially disposed on the ribs of the support structure; and, wherein a cross-sectional profile of the screen has an arc shape.

Claims

1. A gutter debris preclusion device for use with a gutter attached to a building, comprising:

a support structure being substantially rigid and having a recess with a plurality of apertures and a plurality of ribs;

a screen having a plurality of apertures and being at least partially disposed on the ribs of the support structure; and

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wherein a cross-sectional profile of the screen has an arc shape.

2. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 1, wherein, the arc shape of the screen is centered within the recess of the support structure.

3. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 1, wherein the arc shape of the screen is off center from a center of the recess of the support structure.

4. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of ribs has a top portion, the screen is disposed on the top portion, and the top portion includes a sharp edge disposed adjacent to the screen.

5. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 1, wherein the recess includes a floor and two opposing side walls, each of the plurality of ribs includes a top portion having a sharp edge disposed adjacent the screen and a plurality of troughs are defined by the plurality of ribs, the floor and the two opposing side walls.

6. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 1, wherein the recess of the support structure includes a floor, the support structure includes a lip portion operably configured to rest upon a gutter lip of the gutter and the lip includes a drip wall, wherein the drip wall extends from the floor of the support structure into a main fluid channel of the gutter when the device is in use.

7. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 1, wherein the support structure includes a lip portion operably configured to rest upon a gutter lip of the gutter and the lip includes an extended tip, wherein the extended tip extends past the gutter lip of the gutter when the device is in use.

8. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 1, wherein the arc profile of the screen has an arc height, wherein the height of the arc profile increases in relation to a roof pitch of the building to which the device will be attached.

9. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 1, wherein the recess includes a floor having a generally arced cross sectional profile.

10. A gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 wherein the support structure includes a tab operably configured to be attachable to the building.

11. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 10, wherein the tab includes a bent portion operably configured to attach to a fascia of the building.

12. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 10, further comprising a fascia bracket operably configured to attach to a fascia of the building and wherein the tab includes a bent portion operably configured to engage the fascia bracket when in use.

13. A gutter debris preclusion device for use with a gutter attached to a building, comprising:

a support structure being substantially rigid and having a recess with a plurality of apertures and a plurality of ribs;

a screen having a plurality of apertures and being at least partially disposed on the ribs of the support structure; and

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wherein the support structure includes a connection member operably configured to engage a gutter lip of the gutter without additional fasteners.

14. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 13, wherein a cross-sectional profile of the screen has an arc shape.

15. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 13, wherein a cross-sectional profile of the screen has a planar shape.

16. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 13, wherein the connection portion includes a lip portion having a top portion and a connector member biasedly opposed to one another and wherein the top portion is operably configured to engage a top edge of a gutter lip of the gutter and the connector member is operably configured to engage a bottom edge of a gutter lip of the gutter when the device is in use.

17. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 13, wherein the connection portion includes a connecting member operably configured to engage an end of the gutter lip and a lip portion operably configured to engage a groove disposed an exterior surface of the gutter when the device is in use.

18. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 13, further comprising a clip operably configured to be disposable within the gutter lip and wherein the connection portion engages the clip when in use.

19. A gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 13, wherein the support structure is attached to the gutter lip and to the building