Patent ID: 9284735
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: E04D

Claim Text:
1. A debris repelling filtering device to be mounted on top of a gutter opening and to extend from a front to a rear of the gutter opening, the filtering device comprised of a one piece main body frame, a filtering media, and a permanently attached rear mounting wing, of which the main body frame forms supporting louvers in a perpendicular position to a front lip and rear wing of the device, such that the louvers support the filtering media, wherein the main body frame comprises a front mounting lip, a rear wing attachment area, and a center portion of upwardly formed louvers that are vertical to a top and bottom of the main body frame, and where ends of the louvers are perpendicular to the front lip and rear area of the main body frame, wherein the louvers are shaped with a top of the louver edge upward and where the front and rear areas of a louver top edge are on a same horizontal plane as both the front mounting lip and rear mounting wing, and a louver top center edge has an upward curve such that a peak is in a center portion of the louver equal distance from both front and rear louver ends, wherein a louver top edge center portion consists of an upward curve height between 1/32″ to ¾″ at a center peak of the louver when measured from the louver's front and rear top edge.