Eavestrough hanger

A plastic eavestrough hanger for supporting an eavestrough comprising a base and a forwardly extending arm connected to said base, said arm having at an end remote said base a recess for engagement with an eavestrough, said arm having a lower flange extending the length thereof with a central gusset intermediate said arm integral with said lower flange and extending the length of said arm, said gusset and said flange being secured adjacent said base by a stepped wall portion which cooperates with said base for defining an eavestrough engaging slot therebetween, said gusset and said step wall merging with an elongate cored box-like extension of said base with said cored box-like extension open at either side of said gusset, said cored box-like extension including an integral central partition which forms an extension of said gusset, said base below said extension comprising a box-like extension open at the sides and including a central partition extending the length of said extension, said base above said arm including a cellular attachment structure with a central port above said gusset by means of which said hanger is securable to a facia board, and wherein said base, at the point of junction of said base and said flange, has two spaced members which are generally at right angles to said flange and which join the arm and the base, said two spaced members cooperating to provide sufficient rigidity between said base and said arm without relying on such eavestrough for support such that deflection of said arm relative to said base during normal use in an eavestrough system is not significant.

In an eavestroughing system, a plastic eavestrough hanger and a length of extruded plastic eavestroughing;

• said eavestroughing comprising a generally symmetrical cross section with a generally flat base having outwardly angled walls either side of said base with a vertical section secured to each outwardly angled wall, each vertical section including inwardly directed locking flanges below an upper edge of said vertical section, each locking flange at a free end thereof including one part of a two-part locking arrangement;
• said plastic eavestroughing hanger comprising a cored base and a forwardly extending cantilevered arm extending from said base, said arm being of an inverted `T` shape in crosos section and including a front opening locking slot at a free end thereof and an opposite opening slot at a lower edge of said arm spaced from, but adjacent said base, said base and said arm joining at a flange perpendicular to said inverted `T` shaped section and generally centered thereon and closing said inverted `T` section at one end of said arm;
• said front opening locking slot and said opposite opening slot each including the second part of said two part locking system whereby the locking flanges are received in said front opening locking slot and said opposite opening slot to support said eavestroughing by said locking flanges when received in appropriately aligned and supported eavestrough hangers, and wherein said base, at the point of junction of said base and said flange, has two spaced members which are generally at right angles to said flange and which join the arm and the base, said two spaced members cooperating to provide sufficient rigidity between said base and said arm without relying on said eavestroughing for support such that deflection of said arm relative to said base during normal use in an eavestrough system is not significant.