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US 4,305,236 AGranted
Rain gutter system
OwnerRobert F. Williamsinventor
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Abstract
A rain gutter system including plastic rain gutters mounted in place either by a hanger fastened directly to a vertically extending fascia board or by a metal strap which snaps onto the hanger and is mounted to the roof when there is no fascia board or when the fascia board is not vertical.
Claims11
A rain gutter system for a building comprising:
- at least one elongated rain gutter, said gutter being substantially U-shaped in cross section;
- a support member having a U-shaped channel in which at least a portion of said gutter is positioned:
- means for securing said support member to the building;
- wherein said securing means further comprises a hanger asembly and means for securing said hanger assembly to said support member on both sides of said channel and means for securing said hanger assembly to said building;
- wherein said hanger assembly further comprises a first strap having one end secured to said support member on one side of said channel and its other end secured to the building, and a second strap having one end secured to said support member on the other side of said channel and its other end secured near the midpoint of the first strap;
- further comprising means for manually releasably securing one end of one of said straps to said support member so that, upon release, said gutter can be removed from said support member;
- and
- wherein said support member is constructed of a flexible resilient material and wherein said releasable securing means further comprises a protrusion extending outwardly from said support member and said one end of said last mentioned strap including an aperture through which said protrusion extends and is resiliently retained.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.