Gutter debris barrier system
AssigneeAll Weather Armour, LLC
InventorsScott Breyer, David Catherman
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Abstract
A gutter debris barrier system for preventing debris from entering a gutter includes a frame that is attached to a fascia of a building and a filter screen. The frame may include a floor with slots punched therein, with ribs on either side of the slots that form channels. The channels may be tapered to improve the speed and efficiency of heat transfer, and also to funnel water down into the gutter. The ribs may have planar upper surfaces or tips lying in a common horizontal plane and supporting a flat filter screen.
Claims21
A debris barrier system for use with a gutter configured to collect water, the gutter having a bottom, a first inner wall located adjacent to a fascia that extends downwardly from the roof of a building, and a second wall spaced outwardly from the first wall, the debris barrier comprising:
- a frame adapted to overlie at least a portion of the gutter;
- wherein the frame has a floor, a first, inner side wall, and a second, outer side wall, all of which are configured to extend longitudinally of the gutter;
- wherein the frame comprises at least two longitudinally extending, laterally spaced upwardly-facing u-shaped channels extending along the floor between the inner and outer side walls, the channels being separated from one another by a longitudinally extending rib that extends upwardly from the floor, wherein the rib has first and second opposed side surfaces, each of which extends upwardly from the floor to a truncated peak forming a planar upper surface that connects the first and second opposed side surfaces, wherein the first and second opposed side surfaces of the rib form respective edges of adjacent upwardly-facing u-shaped channels, each of the channels having a plurality of slots formed in the floor, an upper surface of at least a substantial portion of each of the channels having a generally concave shape when viewed in transverse cross section;
- wherein the frame is attachable to the building and the second wall of the gutter such that the frame is held over the bottom of the gutter;
- and
- a filter screen covering at least a portion of the frame and resting on the planar upper surface of the rib, the filter screen capable of allowing water to flow therethrough while precluding debris from passing therethrough.
A debris barrier system for use with a gutter configured to collect water, the gutter having a bottom, a first inner wall located adjacent to a fascia that extends downwardly from the roof, and a second wall spaced outwardly from the first wall, the debris barrier system comprising:
- an aluminum frame adapted to overlie at least a portion of the gutter;
- wherein the frame has a floor, a first, inner side wall, and a second, outer side wall, all of which are configured to extend longitudinally of the gutter;
- wherein the frame comprises at least three longitudinally extending, laterally spaced tapered channels extending along the floor between the inner and outer side walls, wherein adjacent tapered channels are separated from one another by longitudinally extending ribs, each rib having first and second opposed tapered side surfaces that extend upwardly from the floor to a planar tip lying in a horizontal plane extending between the first and second opposed side surfaces, each of the tapered channels having a plurality of slots formed in the floor;
- wherein the frame is attachable to the fascia and the second wall of the gutter such that the frame is held over the bottom of the gutter;
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- wherein the frame further comprises a flange that extends inwardly from the inner side wall;
- a mounting bracket configured to extend longitudinally of the gutter and having 1) a generally vertical mounting leg configured for attachment to the fascia and 2) a C-bracket extending outwardly from the mounting leg with an upper leg and a lower leg that face one another to define a channel therebetween that is configured to receive a flange of the frame;
- wherein the mounting bracket is mounted on the fascia directly beneath the roof and to which the flange of the frame is movably attached;
- wherein the C-bracket is configured to accommodate inward and outward movement of the flange relative to the C-bracket;
- and wherein facing surfaces of the upper and lower legs are generally planar and are uninterrupted from inner ends thereof to outer ends thereof;
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- a flat filter screen covering at least a portion of the frame and supported on the planar tips of the ribs, the filter screen capable of allowing water to flow therethrough while precluding debris from passing therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.