Gutter debris cover

• US 7,627,991 B1
• Filed: 12/12/2006
• Issued: 12/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daniel E. Feldhaus
• Original Assignee: Daniel E. Feldhaus
• Inventors: Feldhaus, Daniel E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Canfield; Robert J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cajilig; Christine T
• Application Number:
  US11/637,337
• Time in Patent Office: 1,092 Days
• Field of Search: 52/11, 52/12, 220/474, 220/155, 220/163, D23/267, 451/0, 404/4
• 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 debris cover having an elongated screening element with openings for fluid flow therethrough. Attachment members are provided on either edge of the screening element, with each attachment member having a cross-sectional configuration. In one form, the cross-sectional configurations are mirror images of one another and are generally recurved to connect to gutter elements. In another form of the invention, only the second or rear cross sectional configuration is recurved.

Claims

1. A gutter debris cover, comprising

a. an elongated screening element shaped to be installed in a substantially horizontal configuration across a top opening of a gutter, said screening element having openings therein for fluid flow downwardly therethrough, said screening element having first and second side edges,

b. an integral first attachment member extending from and along at least a portion of said first side edge, said first attachment member having a first cross-sectional configuration, including a first leg extending downwardly and linearly inwardly beneath said screening element and a second leg extending downwardly and linearly outwardly from said first leg,

c. an integral second attachment member extending from and along at least a portion of said second side edge, said second attachment member having a second cross-sectional configuration, including a third leg extending downwardly and linearly inwardly from said second side edge and spaced beneath said screening element a first distance and a fourth leg extending downwardly and linearly outwardly from said third leg, said fourth leg extending a second distance outwardly substantially equal to said first distance, and

d. said second cross-sectional configuration being oriented in an opposite spatial orientation said first cross-sectional configuration.

2. The gutter debris cover according to claim 1 in which said openings comprise an open mesh structure.

3. The gutter debris cover according to claim 2 including a second elongated screening element overlying said first elongated screening element.

4. The gutter debris cover according to claim 3 in which said second elongated screening element has an open mesh structure having openings smaller than the openings of said first elongated screening element.

5. The gutter debris cover according to claim 1 including a second elongated screening element overlying said first elongated screening element.

6. The gutter debris cover according to claim 5 in which said second elongated screening element has an open mesh structure having openings smaller than the openings of said first elongated screening element.

7. The gutter debris cover according to claim 1 in which said first cross-sectional configuration is generally recurved.

8. A gutter debris cover, comprising

a. an elongated screening element shaped to be installed in a substantially horizontal configuration across a top opening of a gutter, said screening element having openings therein for fluid flow downwardly therethrough, said screening element having first and second side edges,

b. an integral first attachment member extending from and along at least a portion of said first side edge, said first attachment member having a first cross-sectional configuration, including a first leg extending downwardly and linearly inwardly beneath said screening element and a second leg extending downwardly and outwardly from said first leg,

c. an integral second attachment member extending from and along at least a portion of said second side edge, said second attachment member having a second cross-sectional configuration, including a third leg extending downwardly and linearly inwardly from said second side edge and spaced beneath said screening element a first distance and a fourth leg extending downwardly and linearly outwardly from said third leg, said fourth leg extending a second distance outwardly substantially equal to said first distance and

d. said second cross-sectional configuration being recurved.

9. The gutter debris cover according to claim 8 in which said openings comprise an open mesh structure.

10. The gutter debris cover according to claim 9 including a second elongated screening element overlying said first elongated screening element.

11. The gutter debris cover according to claim 10 in which said second elongated screening element has an open mesh structure having openings smaller than the openings of said first elongated screening element.

12. The gutter debris cover according to claim 8 including a second elongated screening element overlying said first elongated screening element.

13. The gutter debris cover according to claim 12 in which said second elongated screening element has an open mesh structure having openings smaller than the openings of said first elongated screening element.

14. The gutter debris cover according to claim 8 in which said first cross-sectional configuration is generally recurved.