Gutter guard with irregular grooves
AssigneeGutterglove, Inc.
InventorRobert C. Lenney
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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.
Claims32
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 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.
A gutter guard device, comprising:
- a bridge member having a decking material, the decking material having a plurality of orifices, and a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side;
- at least one irregular groove disposed in the decking material and having a length that extends at least partially from the roof side to the opposing gutter lip side of the decking material;
- 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 at least one irregular groove, has a three-dimensional profile along the length, and the three-dimensional profile is varied at different locations of the length;
- and,
- wherein the at least one irregular groove enables the device to be self-supporting.
A gutter guard device, comprising:
- a bridge member having a decking material, the decking material having a plurality of orifices, and a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side;
- and,
- at least one irregular groove disposed in the decking material and having a length that extends from the roof side to the opposing gutter lip side of the decking material;
- wherein the at least one irregular groove, has a three-dimensional profile along the length, and the three-dimensional profile is varied at different locations of the length;
- and,
- wherein the at least one irregular groove enables the device to be self-supporting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.