Downspout guard, kit therefor, and method of assembly background

A method for manufacturing a downspout guard, the method comprising:

• obtaining a perforated material having openings therethrough with an open area ratio between 60% to 65%
• forming a housing consisting of five walls from one single piece of the perforated;
• wherein the forming further comprises extending each of the five walls to be uninterrupted from edge to edge of each of the walls:
• wherein the five walls consist of:
• two opposed sidewalls consisting of a front sidewall and a back sidewall;
• two opposed end walls that provide filtration and drainage;
• and
• a top wall connected to the sidewalls and the end walls with each of the sidewalls and the end walls continuously extending perpendicularly from the top wall and that provides drainage while providing filtration;
• wherein the forming further comprises forming a space between the two opposed side walls and the two opposed end walls and extending away from the top wall to be completely open and a configuration so that when installed in a gutter that includes opposed front and back walls connected to a bottom wall, is shaped so bottom surfaces of at least the end walls engage the gutter bottom wall of the gutter, and during operation, at least the two opposed end walls configured with the openings therethrough with the open area ratio between 60% to 65% and the perpendicular extension from the top wall that provide filtration to block passage of debris and smaller particles smaller than any of the openings in the material to form a filter cake.