Gutter shield

• US 6,134,843 A
• Filed: 08/24/1998
• Issued: 10/24/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Marc Tregear
• Original Assignee: Marc Tregear
• Inventors: Tregear, Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): A, Phi Dieu Tran, A, Phi Dieu Tran
• Application Number:
  US09/139,217
• Time in Patent Office: 792 Days
• Field of Search: 52/11, 52/12, 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 shield device used with gutters having inboard and outboard edges. The device includes an elongated matting having a plurality of open cones arranged in transverse and longitudinal rows, the bases of the cones defining a lower first plane and the apexes of the cones defining an upper second plane. The matting further including a pair of lateral lips extending outwardly from the bases of the cones. Also included is an elongated strip of porous fabric sufficiently smooth to prevent debris from being retained thereon. The being fabric is bonded to the cone apexes. In one embodiment, the device includes a reinforcing strip proximate its outer edge. A preferred matting is nylon embedded with carbon black and the preferred water porous fabric is a non-woven nylon-polyester.

Claims

1. A gutter shield device used with gutters having inboard and outboard edges, the gutters being attached to a building, the gutter shield device comprising:

an elongated matting including a plurality of open, pyramidal shaped cones arranged in transverse and longitudinal rows, the bases of said cones defining a lower first plane and the apexes of said cones defining an upper second plane;

said matting further including a pair of first and second lateral lips extending outwardly from said bases of the outside longitudinal rows of said cones, said lateral lips having upper and lower surfaces, said outside longitudinal rows having exposed outward sides;

an elongated strip of water porous fabric having an upper and lower surface, said upper fabric surface being sufficiently smooth to prevent debris from being retained by said fabric material to facilitate the debris being blown off by ambient winds, said lower fabric surface being bonded to said cone apexes in said second plane, said lower surface of said fabric being bonded to said exposed outward sides of said rows and said upper surfaces of said first and second lateral lips of said matting, said covered lateral lips adapted to engage the underside of the edges of the gutter;

a first wing extending from said strip of fabric beyond the outer edge of said first lateral lip, said first wing being positioned for attachment to the building proximate the gutter; and

a second wing affixed to said strip of fabric proximate the outer edge of said second lateral lip, said second wing being positioned for attachment to the outboard gutter edge.

2. The gutter shield device of claim 1, further including a reinforcing strip proximate the outer edge of said second wing so that said matting strip overlies the outboard edge of the gutter.

3. The gutter shield device of claim 2, wherein said reinforcing strip comprises flattened matting material.

4. The gutter shield device of claim 1, wherein said matting is nylon and carbon black and said water porous fabric is non-woven nylon-polyester.

5. The gutter shield device of claim 4, wherein said first and second wings are non-woven nylon-polyester.

6. The gutter shield device of claim 1, wherein said fabric is heat bonded to said matting.