Gutter screen support
OwnerKenneth Jacobsinventor
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Abstract
A gutter system includes a strap for supporting a screen on the gutter. The strap is an elongate, planar member, preferably formed of the same material as the gutter. A first end of the strap is inserted under the roof shingles, between the keyways. The second end is configured to both project into a channel formed in the distal edge of the gutter and to overlie a horizontal wall of the channel, with a return portion to engagingly retain an edge of the screen.
Claims10
An improved strap for supporting a screen on a gutter to keep debris from entering the gutter, wherein the gutter has a vertically extending inner wall, a horizontally extending bottom wall, and an upwardly and outwardly extending outer wall;
- said inner wall being attachable to a building below an adjacent terminal edge of a roof and having an upper free edge;
- said outer wall terminating in an upper free end including a channel portion with the bight of the channel facing said inner wall, and a substantially horizontal distal portion;
- said strap consisting of an elongate, planar member having a first end portion adapted for attachment to a roof, a second end portion adapted for engagement with said outer wall of said gutter, and a middle portion, intermediate said first and second end portions, adapted to overlie said bottom wall of said gutter and to there support said screen;
- said second end portion including a first double-folded part, adapted to project into said gutter channel portion, and a second double-folded part adapted to overlie said distal portion of said gutter and to retainingly engage said screen.
An improved gutter system comprising in combination a gutter, a screen, and a screen support strap;
- said gutter comprising a vertically extending inner wall, a horizontally extending bottom wall, and an upwardly and outwardly extending outer wall;
- said inner wall being attachable to a building below an adjacent
- terminal edge of a roof and having an upper free edge;
- said outer wall terminating in an upper free end including a channel
- portion, with the bight of the channel facing said inner wall, and a substantially horizontal distal portion;
- said strap consisting of an elongate, planar member having a first end portion adapted for attachment to a roof, a second end portion adapted for engagement with said outer wall of said gutter, and a middle portion, intermediate said first and second end portions, adapted to overlie said bottom wall of said gutter and to there support said screen;
- said second end portion including a first double-folded part, adapted to project into said gutter channel portion, and a second double-folded part adapted to overlie said distal portion of said gutter and to retainingly engage said screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.