Drip edge with gutter guard support
AssigneeGutterglove, Inc.
InventorRobert C. Lenney
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Abstract
A drip edge with gutter guard support device is formed from a longitudinal sheet of waterproof material. An angled upper first member integrally joined to a vertical lower second member form an angled structure. The first member is configured for placement on a roof edge and under a roof shingle and the second member is configured for placement to a fascia, the lower portion of the second member being configured for placement over a a gutter's back end. Vertically stacked ledges extend outwardly from the second member into an opening of the gutter. Separations between adjacent ledges form varying height receiving channels for placement of a roof-side end of a gutter guard. The device is a single piece drip edge and gutter guard fascia-side attachment device.
Claims23
A drip edge with gutter guard support device, comprising:
- a longitudinal sheet of waterproof material, having a side profile with
- an upper horizontally oriented first member, with a fascia side end and a closed non-fascia end, an overall thickness of the fascia side end greater than an overall thickness of the non-fascia side end;
- and
- a lower vertically oriented second member, integrally joined to the fascia side end of the first member to form an inverted L-shaped structure,
- wherein the first member is longer than the second member and the second member is configured to be placed over a back end of a prospective gutter,
- wherein the device is a single piece drip edge and gutter guard fascia-side attachment device.
A drip edge with gutter guard support device, comprising:
- a waterproof vertical member configured to be placed inside and over a back end of a prospective gutter;
- and
- a waterproof horizontal gutter guard support member integral to and disposed outwardly from a top of the vertical member into an opening of the prospective gutter, wherein the horizontal gutter guard support member is longer than the vertical member, and a terminal end of the horizontal gutter guard support member is closed and thinner than an end integral to the vertical member,
- wherein the device has cross-sectional inverted L-shape being longitudinal in form.
A gutter guard support and drip edge device, comprising:
- a unitary sheet of waterproof material, a side profile of the device having a top horizontal arm with a fascia side end and non-fascia end, the fascia side end integrally joined to an upper end of a vertical arm, wherein the vertical arm is shorter in length than the top horizontal arm, and a thickness of the fascia side end of the top horizontal arm is greater than a thickness of the non-fascia side end,
- wherein when the device is installed into a gutter the top horizontal arm rests under a gutter guard while the vertical arm is attached inside a gutter wall, to act as a drip edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.