Gutter guard support
OwnerMaurice William Rex, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A gutter guard support attaches to a gutter to support a gutter guard which prevents debris, e.g. leaves, twigs, tree buddings, etc., from entering the gutter. The gutter guard support is received on the transverse support members of the gutter and tautly holds the gutter guard (screen) under tension to prevent the creation of debris collecting valleys in the gutter guard.
Claims19
In a gutter assembly secured to a building side wall for collecting run off water from a roof, including an elongate gutter channel with an open top and spaced side walls, a plurality of gutter securement members transversely extending between said side walls adjacent said open top and longitudinally spaced in said channel for facilitating securement of said channel to a building side wall, and an elastic gutter guard screen preventing debris from entering said channel and allowing the run off water to pass therethrough and enter said channel, the improvement comprising:
- a plurality of gutter guard supports each configured to be attached directly to a respective one of said plurality of gutter securement members, each said gutter guard support including at least one upright anchor post configured for insertion in a respective opening in said gutter guard screen, said gutter guard screen being held under tension by respective said anchor posts on adjacent said gutter guard supports respectively mounted directly on said adjacent gutter securement members so as to tautly hold said gutter guard screen on said gutter guard supports across the open top of said channel, whereby debris is prevented by said tautly held gutter guard screen from entering said channel and water passes through said gutter guard screen into said channel.
A method for mounting an elastic gutter guard screen on a gutter so as to prevent creation of debris collecting valleys in the gutter guard screen, the gutter being secured to a building by a plurality of securement members, comprising the steps of:
- snap fitting gutter guard anchors onto the securement members;
- mounting the elastic gutter guard screen onto an anchor post of at least one anchor secured to one said securement member;
- stretching said elastic gutter guard screen to an adjacent anchor post on an adjacent securement member;
- thereafter mounting the elastic gutter guard screen onto an anchor post of at least one anchor post on the adjacent securement member;
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- tautly holding said screen between the two adjacent anchors under tension so as to prevent the formation of valleys therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.