Gutter cover, gutter assembly including same, and method for installation thereof
OwnerStéphane Brochuinventor
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Abstract
A gutter cover is engageable in a rain gutter channel to close a top opening of a rain gutter. The gutter cover includes a sheet of rigid and resilient material, the sheet having a pre-formed curved profile along a widthwise axis thereof, two opposing longitudinal edges, and a plurality of throughholes formed therein, the sheet being substantially flexible to modify its pre-formed curved profile for insertion into the rain gutter channel. A gutter assembly includes the gutter cover inserted in a gutter and in a method, the gutter cover engages with a gutter.
Claims40
A gutter cover engageable in a rain gutter channel to close a top opening of a rain gutter, the gutter cover comprising:
- a sheet of resilient material, the sheet having a pre-formed curved profile along a widthwise axis thereof, two opposing longitudinal edges, a top surface for capturing rainwater, and a bottom surface, a plurality of throughholes formed therein, and a plurality of fold lines extending along a longitudinal axis of the gutter cover, the plurality of fold lines being located among the plurality of throughholes, the sheet being substantially flexible to modify the pre-formed curved profile for insertion into the rain gutter channel;
- wherein the throughholes are arranged uniformly over the width and the length of the sheet, and extend from the top surface to the bottom surface and permit passage of the rainwater captured on the top surface of the sheet to the bottom surface;
- wherein the plurality of fold lines are spaced apart from the two opposing longitudinal edges of the sheet, at least one fold line having throughholes located on both sides of the at least one fold line;
- wherein the sheet is flexible along a longitudinal axis thereof, whereby the sheet is rollable into a roll;
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- wherein the top surface of the sheet defines a first substantially smooth curve extending over an entire width of the sheet.
A gutter cover engageable in a rain gutter channel to close a top opening of a rain gutter, the gutter cover comprising:
- a sheet of resilient material, the sheet having a pre-formed curved profile along a widthwise axis thereof, two opposing longitudinal edges, a top surface for capturing rainwater and a bottom surface, a plurality of throughholes formed therein, and a plurality of fold lines extending along a longitudinal axis of the gutter cover and being located amongst the plurality of throughholes, the sheet being substantially flexible to modify the pre-formed curved profile for insertion into the rain gutter channel;
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- wherein the throughholes are arranged uniformly over the width and the length of the sheet, extend from the top surface to the bottom surface and permit passage of the rainwater captured on the top surface of the sheet to the bottom surface;
- wherein the plurality of fold lines are spaced apart from the two opposing longitudinal edges of the sheet, at least one fold line having throughholes located on either side of the fold line;
- wherein the sheet is flexible along a longitudinal axis thereof, whereby the sheet is rollable into a roll;
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- wherein the bottom surface of the sheet defines a substantially smooth curve extending over an entire width of the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.