Hinging downspout assembly

A hinging down-spout assembly comprising first and second elongated sections disposed when said second section is in use at substantially a right angle to each other, said sections each having a first side a second side and a right side and a left side, a hinge assembly having a hinge axis and attaching first sides of said first and second sections together in a manner whereby said first and second sections can be hinged into storage position in parallelism with each other, said axis being at one end of said first section, said first section having its said one end inclining substantially at an acute angle with respect to the elongation of said first section, a lapping section attached to said first section and having a connecting portion disposed on the opposite side of said second section from said hinge, said lapping section having right and left side portions spaced apart along a line parallel with said axis and disposed transverse to said axis in substantial parallelism with each other and extending adjacent right and left sides respectively of said second section and serving as a trough to direct water flowing between said first and second sections.