# US 11,898,353 B2 · Gutter guard with irregular grooves > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,898,353 B2 - Document ID: US11898353B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/806,255 - Filed: 2022-06-09 - Published: 2022-10-13 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-01 - Assignees: Gutterglove, Inc. - Applicants: GutterGlove, Inc. - Inventors: Robert C. Lenney - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11898353B2 ## CPC - E04D 13/076: Devices or arrangements for removing snow, ice or debris from gutters or for preventing accumulation thereof - E04D 13/064: Gutters {(drainage channels on the roof surface E04D13/0445; gutters for greenhouses A01G9/1476)} - E04D 13/068: Means for fastening gutter parts together - E04D: ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F13/00) ## Abstract A self-supporting gutter guard device is described having a bridge member composed of a decking material having a plurality of orifices, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side, at least one groove disposed in the decking material altering a profile of the deck material to outline a 3-dimensional geometry that spans the bridge member from a proximal end of the bridge member's roof side to a proximal end of the bridge member's gutter lip side, a roof attachment member configured to attach to the roof side of the bridge member, and a gutter attachment member configured to attach to the gutter lip side of the bridge member, wherein the 3-dimensional geometry of the at least one groove enables the device to be self-supporting. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A gutter guard device comprising: a bridge member composed of a decking material having a plurality of orifices, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side; at least one irregular groove disposed in the decking material altering a profile of the deck material, wherein the at least one irregular groove has a length and a varying 3-dimensional geometry that spans the bridge member from near the roof side to near the gutter lip side, wherein a cross-sectional width of the at least one irregular groove varies along its length; a roof attachment member disposed adjacent to the roof side of the bridge member; and a gutter attachment member disposed adjacent to the the gutter lip side of the bridge member; wherein the at least one irregular groove enables the gutter guard device to be self-supporting. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The gutter guard device of claim 1, wherein adjacent grooves of the at least one irregular groove form a series of mid-point shifted grooves, wherein first ends of the adjacent grooves have an upper half-hexagonal profile disposed above a plane of the bridge portion and opposite ends of the adjacent grooves have a lower half-hexagonal profile disposed below the plane of the bridge portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The gutter guard device of claim 1, wherein a first groove of the at least one irregular groove has a different height than a second groove of the at least one irregular groove. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The gutter guard device of claim 3, further comprising at least one barricade disposed in the bridge member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The gutter guard device of claim 4, wherein the at least one barricade has a shape from the group consisting of a number, letter, circle, arrow, crescent, bump, dimple, and polygon. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The gutter guard device of claim 4, wherein the at least one barricade is a plurality of barricades. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The gutter guard device of claim 3, wherein the at least one barricade is not made from the decking material. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The gutter guard device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the roof attachment member and gutter attachment member have a receiving center configured for securing the bridge member to the respective attachment member. ### Claim 9 A gutter guard device comprising: a bridge member composed of a decking material having a plurality of orifices, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side; at least one irregular groove disposed in the decking material altering a profile of the deck material to outline a variable 3-dimensional geometry that spans the bridge member from a proximal end of the bridge member's roof side to a proximal end of the bridge member's gutter lip side, the at least one irregular groove having a height and width, wherein along a length of the irregular groove the height varies from a bottom of the at least one irregular groove; a roof attachment member configured to attach to the roof side of the bridge member; and a gutter attachment member configured to attach to the gutter lip side of the bridge member; wherein the gutter guard device is self-supporting. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The gutter guard device of claim 9, wherein: the decking material has a center plane; and the three-dimensional profile of at least one irregular groove extends below the center plane along a first portion of the length of the at least one irregular groove and extends below the center plane along a second portion of the length of the at least one irregular groove. ### Claim 11 A gutter guard device comprising: a bridge member composed of a decking material having a plurality of orifices, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side; at least one irregular groove having a height and width spanning the decking material, wherein along a length of the at least one irregular groove the width varies; a roof attachment member attached to the roof side; and a gutter attachment member attached to the gutter lip side.