Removable hanger
OwnerHarold C. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A hanger designed for removable engagement with a roof gutter includes a rigid body with a hook-shaped upper end adapted for attachment to the gutter lip, and a lower end having an eyebolt or the like to which a bird feeder may be attached. The lower portion of the hanger has a rearward edge which projects rearwardly farther than the rearward edge of the hook portion of the hanger, such that the lower rearward edge will contact the fascia board of the roof when the hook portion is connected to the gutter lip.
Claims8
A hanger for removable engagement With a roof gutter, the roof gutter mounted on a fascia board on a roof, and of the type including a rearward panel, a bottom panel, and a forward panel with an upper lip, comprising:
- a rigid body having an upper end, lower end and forward edge;
- said upper end including a rearwardly extending hook portion having a rearward edge, a bottom edge, and a hook interior surface adapted to receive the gutter upper lip;
- said body having an intermediate rearward edge extending downwardly and rearwardly from said hook interior surface to a lower end connected to a lower edge, said intermediate rearward edge extending rearward beyond the hook portion rearward edge;
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- said body having a lower rearward edge extending vertically downwardly from the lower end of said intermediate lower edge to the lower end of said body;
- said lower rearward edge including a portion for abutting the fascia board when the hook portion is connected to the gutter lip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.