US 5,956,904 A · Gutter debris shield

Abstract

An improved gutter screen which includes a first screen having mesh openings, top and bottom surfaces, and first and second opposing edges. A second screen having top and bottom surfaces is positioned adjacent the first screen so that a top surface of a second screen faces the bottom surface of the first screen. The second screen also has mesh openings, and first and second opposing edges, with the first opposing edge of the second screen being fastened to the first opposing edge of the first screen to form a first edge portion and the second opposing edge of the second screen being fastened to the second opposing edge of the first screen to form a second edge portion. The first and second screens are elastically deformable to permit a user to apply hand pressure to the gutter screen and compress the first and second edge portions toward one another from an uncompressed state in order to provide a force which holds the gutter screen in place over a gutter.

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Dependent claims

A gutter screen, comprising:

a first screen having mesh openings, top and bottom surfaces, first and second opposing edges, two opposing ends and an elongated axis extending between the opposing ends;
and
a second screen having mesh openings, top and bottom surfaces, first and second opposing edges and two opposing ends, the bottom surface of the first screen being positioned adjacent the top surface of the second screen, the first opposing edge of the first screen extending around the first opposing edge of the second screen to grip the bottom surface of the second screen and form a first edge portion, the second opposing edge of the first screen extending around the second opposing edge of the second screen to grip the bottom surface of the second screen and form a second edge portion, and the first and second screens being elastically deformable to permit a user to apply hand pressure to the gutter screen and compress the first and second edge portions toward one another from an uncompressed state in order to provide a force which holds the gutter screen in place over a gutter.

A method of making a gutter screen, comprising the steps of:

providing a first screen having mesh openings, top and bottom surfaces, first and second opposing edges, two opposing ends and an elongated axis extending between the opposing ends;
providing a second screen having mesh openings, top and bottom surfaces, first and second opposing edges and two opposing ends;
positioning the bottom surface of the first screen adjacent the top surface of the second screen;
forming a first edge portion by extending the first opposing edge of the first screen around the first opposing edge of the second screen so that the first opposing edge of the first screen grips the bottom surface of the second screen;
and
forming a second edge portion by extending the second opposing edge of the first screen around the second opposing edge of the second screen so that the second opposing edge of the first screen grips the bottom surface of the second screen,
wherein the first and second screens are elastically deformable to permit a user to apply hand pressure to the gutter screen and compress the first and second edge portions toward one another from an uncompressed state in order to provide a force which holds the gutter screen in place over a gutter.

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Abstract

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