Rain gutter system
OwnerDaniel Robert Martininventor
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Abstract
A rain gutter system including a gutter and at least one internal hanger, wherein the gutter includes a front wall and a back wall interconnected through a bottom and spaced-apart to cooperatively define a water-collecting channel therebetween, the front wall including a lip extending in the direction toward the back wall and a drip edge extending in a direction away from the back wall, the back wall extending upward vertically beyond the height of the front wall, and wherein the at least one hanger is positioned in the channel spaced-apart from the bottom and includes a forward flange extending upwardly from a base for being captured beneath the lip and a rear flange extending upwardly from the base and defining a support surface sloped in a direction toward the drip edge.
Claims18
A rain gutter system, the system comprising:
- a gutter comprising:
- a front wall;
- a back wall,
- wherein the front wall and the back wall are interconnected through a bottom and are spaced apart so as to cooperatively define a water-collecting channel therebetween, and
- wherein the back wall extends upward vertically beyond an upmost point of the front wall and terminates in a fold in a direction toward the bottom;
- a lip extending from the front wall in a direction toward the back wall;
- and
- a drip edge extending from the front wall in a direction away from the back wall;
- and
- a hanger secured within the channel between the front wall and the back wall and spaced apart from the bottom, the hanger including a forward flange extending upwardly from a base of the hanger configured to be captured beneath the lip and a rear flange extending upwardly from the base and defining a support surface sloped in a direction toward the drip edge,
- wherein the drip edge and the rear flange are coplanar.
A rain gutter system, the system comprising:
- a gutter having a continuous cross-sectional profile formed to define:
- a front wall;
- a back wall,
- wherein the front wall and the back wall are interconnected through a bottom and are spaced apart so as to cooperatively define a water-collecting channel therebetween, and
- wherein the back wall extends upward vertically beyond an upmost point of the front wall;
- a lip extending from the front wall in a direction toward the back wall;
- and
- a drip edge extending from the front wall in a direction away from the back wall;
- and
- a hanger secured within the channel between the front wall and the back wall and spaced apart from the bottom, the hanger including a forward flange extending upwardly from a base of the hanger configured to be captured beneath the lip and a rear flange extending upwardly from the base and defining a support surface sloped in a direction toward the drip edge,
- wherein the drip edge and the rear flange are coplanar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.