US 12,215,501 B2Granted

Gutter guard system

AssigneeLeafFilter North, LLC

InventorsMichael Gori, Jason A. Crowell

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Abstract

Disclosed herein are gutter guard systems arranged to efficiently manage the flow of rainwater across the system and prevent the matting of debris onto the system. In one exemplary embodiment, a gutter guard system includes a main body and a screen covering the main body. The main body includes a front receiver, a rear receiver, and a water management section positioned between and connecting the front and rear receivers. The screen spans the water management section and is secured to the main body by engagement on one end with the front receiver and on the opposite end with the rear receivers. When the gutter guard system is installed in a rain gutter, the front receiver engages with the front edge of the rain gutter, and the rear receiver engages with the rear portion of the rain gutter.

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Dependent claims

A gutter guard system comprising:

a main body, the main body comprising:
a front receiver arranged to engage with the front edge of a rain gutter when the gutter guard system is installed onto the rain gutter;
a rear receiver;
and
a water management section connecting the front receive to the rear receiver, the water management section includes a plurality of channels, wherein:
each of the plurality of channels includes a plurality of slots;
the plurality of channels includes at least one shallow channel;
and
the plurality of channels includes a plurality of deep channels, wherein between any two adjacent and successively arranged deep channels is disposed one of the at least one shallow channel, such that the deep channels and the shallow channels are arranged in a successive alternating fashion in the water management section;
and
a screen spanning the water management section and secured on a first end directly or indirectly to the front receiver and secured on a second and opposite end directly or indirectly to the rear receiver.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.