US 5,305,562 AGranted

Rain gutter cover

OwnerJohn A. Sapiainventor

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Abstract

A cover for a hollow rain gutter, according to the invention, is described as having an upwardly pitched top surface arranged to seat beneath the shingles of a roof at which the gutter has previously been secured, a downwardly pitched front surface extending towards the trough of the gutter, and a single row of interrupted slots running horizontally along the front surface of the cover, with the lower edges of the slots extending below the front lip of the gutter, and with the top-edges of the slots aiding in defining a plurality of rearwardly and downwardly extending flaps for diverting rain received across the top surface into the trough of the gutter. The cover of the invention may be obtained in any length desired, and can be connected to the gutter by readily available "clips", thereby making its installation easy for even the average handyman or homeowner.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A cover of predetermined material for a hollow gutter of the type which is secured to the facial board of a structure and which incorporates a trough for receiving rainwater culminating in a defined front lip, comprising:

an upwardly pitched top surface extending rearwardly to reach said facial board;
a downwardly pitched front surface extending toward the front lip of said gutter, and composed of a pair of upper and lower angularly disposed sections;
and
a single row of spaced-apart, interrupted slots running horizontally along said front surface said slots having an upper and lower edges;
with the lower-edges of said slots extending in said lower section below the front lip of said gutter, and with a plurality of rearwardly and downwardly extending flaps provided along the upper edges of said slots for diverting rainwater into said hollow gutter;
whereby received rainwater flows down said top and front surfaces, and along said flaps, into said trough.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.