Gutter cover

Patent 6073398 Issued on June 13, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

July 28, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent References

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Issued on: 06/15/1999
Inventor: Serano

Inventor

Williams, Paul A.

Application

No. 124170 filed on 07/28/1998

US Classes:

52/12, With separator; e.g., strainer52/11COVER WITH SURFACE WATER RECEIVER AT EAVE OR VALLEY

Examiners

Primary: Friedman, Carl D.
Assistant: Tran A, Phi Dieu

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Barber; Lynn E.

International Class

E04D 013/064

Abstract

A cover for a rain gutter having a front side and cross-pieces. The cover is made from a plurality of single rectangular sheets of material and has a front area integrally connected to a back planar area. The front area has an elongated leg portion integral with and perpendicular to a lower horizontal strip of a curved front portion and extending vertically below the sheet at about a right angle to the lower horizontal portion. The elongated leg portion and the curved front portion extend the length of the sheet, except that the leg portion is partially cut to form feet for resting on the gutter cross-pieces. The feet are bent upward and forward from the leg portion so that when the cover is placed on the rain gutter, the feet hold the leg portion of the gutter cover back from the front side of the gutter so that a covered opening is formed over the gutter. This allows leaves and branches to be kept out of the gutter, but allows capillary flow of water over the curved front portion, through the covered opening, and into the gutter.