Gutter protector

• US 4,592,174 A
• Filed: 01/22/1985
• Issued: 06/03/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Precision Signals, Inc.
• Original Assignee: John Hileman
• Inventors: Hileman, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Slack, Naoko N.
• Application Number:
  US06/693,462
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• Field of Search: 52/11-16, 210/474
• US Class Current: 52/12
• CPC Class Codes: E04D 13/076 Devices or arrangements for removing snow, ice or debris from gutters or for preventing accumulation thereof

Abstract

A gutter protector for use on rain gutters used on buildings to catch and divert water from the roof provides an adjustable snap-in cover adapted to fit over and enclose the gutter without restricting water flow from the roof to the gutter.

Claims

1. A gutter protector, for use on a gutter secured to a building having a roof portion with an eave, comprises a preformed elongated shape having an edge portion defining a channel, an angularly disposed front wall, an integral top and a back wall having a perforated upper portion and a lower portion, said angularly disposed front wall is of a height that is equal to said upper portion of said back wall, and wherein said upper portion of said back wall extends above the eave, means for securing said gutter protector in said gutter, a V-shaped angular extension between said upper and lower portions of said back wall.

2. The gutter protector of claim 4 wherein said means for securing same in said gutter comprises an inverted U-shaped notch in said lower portion of said back wall engageable around and extending downwardly from a spike and ferrule on said gutter.