Gutter and bracket assembly

A gutter assembly for a building having a fascia and soffit wherein the fascia depends beneath the building roof adjacent to the soffit, said assembly comprising:

• an elongated channel member forming a rain gutter having a bottom wall and two spaced upstanding side walls defining an open water receiving channel;
• at least one channel member support bracket comprising first and second legs extending in a direction generally normal to each other from a junction therebetween, a lip extending upstanding from an end of the first leg distal said junction juxtaposed with and spaced from the second leg, a third leg extending from an end of the second leg distal said junction and juxtaposed with and spaced from the first leg, a bracket support flange extending from the third leg distal the junction of the third leg with the second leg, said flange being dimensioned and adapted to be secured to said building such that said third leg is juxtaposed with said soffit, the lip being dimensioned and spaced from the second leg a distance to receive said channel member therebetween so that the first leg supports said member bottom wall and the third leg extends over a portion of the channel, said channel and bracket being so dimensioned such that when secured to the building, the channel member has a first channel mouth portion beneath the fascia and soffit and a second channel mouth portion extending beyond the fascia and soffit;
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• a bent sheet member adapted to be secured to the building spaced from and separate from the channel member and having one edge region adapted to be secured to the roof and a second opposing edge region adapted to be secured at the fascia region distal the roof, said sheet member when secured to the building having a convex curved surface covering the fascia and extending from the fascia a distance greater than said second portion, the sheet member being so positioned for receiving and guiding water run off from the roof into the gutter and for causing debris to fall by gravity outside the gutter.

A rain gutter channel member support bracket for securing the channel to said building, said bracket comprising:

• first and second legs having a length extending in a direction generally normal to each other from a junction therebetween;
• a lip extending upstanding from an end of the first leg distal said junction juxtaposed with and spaced from the second leg;
• a third leg having a length extending from an end of the second leg distal said junction and juxtaposed over and spaced from the first leg;
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• a bracket support flange extending in a direction away from the first leg and upstanding from an end of the third leg distal the junction of the third leg with the second leg, said support flange being dimensioned and adapted to be secured to said building such that said third leg extends juxtaposed with and beneath said soffit, the lip being dimensioned and spaced from the second and third legs to receive said channel member therebetween so that the first leg supports said member and the third leg extends over at least a portion of the channel mouth such that the lip and legs releaseably secure the channel member to the bracket to preclude rotational release in a given direction.

A rain gutter channel member support bracket for securing the channel member to the building, said channel member having a bottom wall and two spaced upstanding side walls, said bracket comprising:

• first and second legs having a length extending in a direction generally normal to each other from a junction therebetween;
• a lip extending upstanding from an end of the first leg distal said junction juxtaposed with and spaced from the second leg a distance for receiving the channel member therebetween with one side wall abutting the lip and the other side wall adjacent to the second leg;
• a third leg extending from the second leg cooperating with said lip and first and second legs to rotatably releaseably secure the channel member to said lip and legs and to preclude rotational release in a given direction;
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• bracket support means coupled to one of said legs for securing the bracket to the building.

A bracket for securing a gutter to a building, said gutter comprising an elongated channel member having a bottom wall and two spaced upstanding side walls defining an open water receiving channel, said side walls having upper edges defining a mouth between the side walls, said bracket comprising:

• first and second legs extending in a direction generally normal to each other from a junction therebetween;
• a lip extending upstanding from an end of the first leg distal said junction juxtaposed with and spaced from the second leg;
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• a third leg extending from an end of the second leg distal said junction and juxtaposed with and spaced from the first leg, said second leg having a length about the same as the height of one of said side walls such that said one side wall is closely received between said first and third legs, said lip having a length shorter than that of the second leg for rotatably receiving the channel member in the region between said lip and third leg, the dimensions of the channel member and the first, second, third legs and lip are such so as to release the channel member from the bracket when the channel member is rotated in one direction and lock the channel member to the bracket when the channel member is rotated in the opposite direction.