Gutter shield
OwnerStephane Brochuinventor
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Abstract
A gutter shield for protecting a gutter from the gutter shield having a mounting member secured to the gutter, a guard member with an elongated configuration and having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough to permit water drainage into the gutter, the mounting member also having a flexible sealing element extending outwardly therefrom, the flexible ceiling element being designed to seal against either the side of the gutter or a structural element. The device is suitable for many different sizes of gutters.
Claims11
A device for protecting a gutter wherein the gutter has a rear wall, a front wall, a bottom wall, said walls defining a trough therebetween, said device comprising:
- a mounting member, means for securing said mounting member to said gutter;
- a guard member having an elongated configuration with first and second longitudinally extending post sides;
- a first side of said guard member being engageable with a first side of said mounting member to prevent substantial vertical movement of said guard member;
- said mounting member having a flexible sealing portion extending outwardly in a direction away from said first side of said mounting member for sealing engagement with an adjacent structure;
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- said guard member having a substantially planar portion between said first and second sides, said substantially planar portion having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.