Covered rain gutter system

A mounting bracket for positioning in an interior of a covered rain gutter to support the covered rain gutter, the mounting bracket comprising:

• a left side panel and a right side panel connected to each other via a rear panel, the left side panel and the right side panel bent relative to the rear panel, the left side panel and the right side panel each comprising:
• a top portion configured to contact an interior side of a front wall of a cover portion of the covered rain gutter to support the cover portion;
• a bottom portion;
• and
• a central portion interconnecting the top and bottom portions;
• the left side panel and the right side panel engaged with each other via their bottom portions with one of the left side panel bottom portion or the right side panel bottom portion having a bottom portion front part bent to contact the other of the left side panel bottom portion or the right side panel bottom portion, the bottom portion front part configured to contact an interior side of a front wall of a trough portion of the covered rain gutter to support the trough portion.