Gutter guard with girder
AssigneeGutterglove, Inc.
InventorRobert C. Lenney
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Abstract
A gutter guard device is described, comprising: a bridge member composed of a sheet or micro-mesh decking material having a plurality of orifices, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side; at least one girder spanning a bottom surface of 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 attached to an end section of the roof side of the bridge member and configured to attach to a roof; and a gutter attachment member attached to an end section of the gutter lip side of the bridge member and configured to attach to a gutter lip, wherein the device is self-supporting.
Claims42
A gutter guard device comprising:
- a bridge member composed of a sheet or micro-mesh decking material having a plurality of orifices, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side;
- at least one girder spanning a bottom surface of 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 attached to an end section of the roof side of the bridge member and configured to attach to a roof;
- and
- a gutter attachment member attached to an end section of the gutter lip side of the bridge member and configured to attach to a gutter lip,
- wherein the device is self-supporting.
A gutter guard comprising:
- a rear beam;
- a decking having a plurality of orifices, a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, wherein the plurality of orifices extend from the top surface to the bottom surface, and wherein the decking has a front edge and rear edge;
- at least one girder disposed on the bottom surface of the decking;
- and
- a front beam,
- wherein the rear edge of the decking is attached to the rear beam and the front edge is attached to the front beam, and wherein the gutter guard is self-supporting.
A gutter guard comprising:
- a decking having a plurality of orifices, a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, wherein the plurality of orifices extend from the top surface to the bottom surface;
- and,
- at least one girder disposed on the bottom surface of the decking;
- wherein the gutter guard is self-supporting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.