Gutter hanger

A one-piece gutter hanger for supporting an open top, trough-shaped rain gutter adjacent to the eaves of a building, the gutter being of a type comprising a flat rear wall having an inwardly and downwardly reversely bent upper edge portion forming a downwardly open rear gutter hook, a bottom wall extending forwardly of the rear wall, a front wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall opposite the rear wall and having an upper wall portion, a horizontal flange extending inwardly from the top of the upper wall portion terminating in a downwardly and forwardly reversely bent edge portion to form a downwardly and forwardly open front gutter hook, said gutter hanger comprising an elongated body portion of a length to span the open top of the gutter, hook means at one end of the body portion for inter-engaging the front gutter hook, and an upstanding support portion formed integrally with the other end of the elongated body portion, said upstanding support portion including an inwardly offset main portion and at least one upstanding tongue struck therefrom and bent upright from said elongated body portion, said tongue being spaced outwardly from the inwardly offset main portion of said upstanding portion and adapted to seat in the rear gutter hook, said main portion of said upstanding portion being longer than said tongue so as to extend above the top edge of a gutter when the tongue is seated in the rear gutter hook, and a hole through the main portion of said upstanding portion above said tongue for receiving a nail, said hole being spaced relative to said tongue so that when the tongue engages the rear gutter hook and the front hanger hook engages the front gutter hook, a nail driven through said hole into a vertical building surface beneath the eaves will draw the gutter and hanger tight against the vertical wall and lock the hanger relative to the gutter to prevent separation of the hanger from the gutter without piercing the gutter.