Automatic Downspout Assembly

An automatic downspout assembly for automatically deploying or retracting, said assembly comprising:

• an intake pipe being fluidly coupled to a downspout of a gutter on a building wherein said intake pipe is configured to receive precipitation from the downspout, said intake pipe having an upper end, a lower end and an outer wall extending therebetween, said upper end being open into an interior of said intake pipe for insertably receiving the downspout, said lower end being closed, said lower end being convexly arcuate with respect to said upper end, said outer wall having a fluid opening extending into said interior of said intake pipe, said fluid opening being positioned adjacent to said lower end;
• a bearing being coupled to said outer wall, said bearing being aligned with said fluid opening, said bearing having a rotatable portion with respect to said intake pipe;
• a spout being rotatably coupled to and extending laterally away from said intake pipe, said spout being in fluid communication with said intake pipe wherein said spout is configured to receive the precipitation, said spout having an outlet therein for passing the precipitation outwardly therethrough, said spout being positioned on said rotatable portion of said bearing, said spout being rotatable about a perpendicular axis with respect to an axis extending through said upper end and said lower end of said intake pipe, said spout being aligned with said fluid opening wherein said spout is configured to receive the precipitation, said outlet being directed toward said upper end of said intake pipe when said spout is rotated into a home position, said outlet being directed downwardly when said spout is rotated into a downspout position, said spout having a distal end with respect to said intake pipe, said spout being threaded adjacent to said distal end;
• a stand being positionable beneath said intake pipe when said intake pipe is fluidly coupled to the downspout wherein said stand is configured to support said intake pipe above a support surface, said stand including a plurality of legs and a saddle, each of said legs extending downwardly from said saddle, said saddle being concavely arcuate such that said saddle conforms to curvature of said lower end of said intake pipe, each of said legs extending between said saddle and the support surface;
• a tipping pipe being fluidly coupled to said spout wherein said tipping pipe is configured to receive precipitation from said spout, said tipping pipe being biased into a home position having said tipping pipe extending upwardly along said intake pipe, said tipping pipe being urged into a tipped position when said tipping pipe fills with precipitation wherein said tipping pipe is configured to direct the precipitation onto ground, said tipping pipe having a rear end, a forward end and an outer wall extending therebetween, said forward end having a pair of apertures each extending into an interior of said tipping pipe wherein said apertures are configured to release the precipitation when said tipping pipe is in said tipped position, said outer wall having a top side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side, said outer wall having a spout opening extending through said first lateral side and said second lateral side, said spout opening being positioned closer to said rear end than said front end, said spout opening insertably receiving said spout such that said outlet in said spout is positioned within said tipping pipe and said distal end exposed, said outer wall having an overflow opening extending into said interior of said tipping pipe wherein said overflow opening is configured to release the precipitation when said tipping pipe is in said tipped position, said overflow opening being positioned adjacent to said front end of said tipping pipe, said overflow opening being positioned on said top side of said outer wall;
• a cap being positionable around said distal end of said spout, said cap having an inwardly facing surface that threadably engages threads on said spout when said spout is extended through said spout opening in said tipping pipe for retaining said tipping pipe on said spout;
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• a counterweight being positioned within said tipping pipe, said counterweight being positioned against said rear end of said tipping pipe, said counterweight biasing said tipping pipe into said home position when no precipitation is in said tipping pipe, said counterweight having a weight being less than the weight of approximately 25.0% of the internal volume of said tipping pipe in water wherein said counterweight is configured to be overcome by the weight of precipitation in said tipping pipe when said tipping pipe is more than approximately one quarter full.