Fastening support for half round gutters

A fastening support system structurally configured to cooperate and engage with a half round gutter having an inwardly bending front edge, a rear edge, and an internal gutter wall, the system comprising:

• a fastener;
• and
• a fastening support device including:
• a support body having a front end and a rear end opposing the front end;
• a front gutter engagement portion disposed at the front end and structurally configured for engagement with the inwardly bending front edge of the half round gutter;
• a rear gutter engagement portion disposed at the rear end and structurally configured for engagement with the rear edge of the half round gutter, the rear gutter engagement portion having a rear face configured to contact the internal gutter wall, the rear face having a substantially vertical upper portion adjacent a curved lower portion, the curved lower portion having a curvature shaped to substantially conform to the internal gutter wall;
• wherein the support body includes a substantially planar lower surface extending between the front gutter engagement portion and the rear gutter engagement portion, and two or more internal supports projecting upwardly from the lower surface;
• a fastener channel structurally configured to receive the fastener therethrough, the fastener channel open to the rear face and accessible from the front end when the front gutter engagement portion is engaged with the inwardly bending front edge;
• and
• wherein the support body, the front gutter engagement portion, and the rear gutter engagement portion are unitarily formed;
• and
• a wedge having a support engaging portion shaped to engage with the rear end of the fastening support device and a through hole structurally configured to receive the fastener therethrough.

A gutter system comprising:

• a half round gutter having an inwardly bending front edge, a rear edge, and an internal gutter wall;
• a fastener;
• and
• a fastening support device structurally configured to engage with the half round gutter, the device including:
• a support body having a front end and a rear end opposing the front end;
• a front gutter engagement portion disposed at the front end and structurally configured for engagement with the inwardly bending front edge of the half round gutter;
• a rear gutter engagement portion disposed at the rear end and structurally configured for engagement with the rear edge of the half round gutter, the rear gutter engagement portion having a rear face configured to contact the internal gutter wall, the rear face having a substantially vertical upper portion adjacent a curved lower portion;
• wherein the support body includes a substantially planar lower surface extending between the front gutter engagement portion and the rear gutter engagement portion, and two or more internal supports projecting upwardly from the lower surface;
• a fastener channel structurally configured to receive the fastener therethrough, the fastener channel open to the rear face and accessible from the front end when the front gutter engagement portion is engaged with the inwardly bending front edge;
• wherein the support body, the front gutter engagement portion, and the rear gutter engagement portion are unitarily formed;
• and
• a wedge having a support engaging portion shaped to engage with the rear end of the fastening support device and a through hole structurally configured to receive the fastener therethrough.