Patent ID: 9683371
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: E04D

Claim:
1. A gutter screen comprising: a plurality of bars positioned to run above and generally parallel to a gutter, each bar having a rounded top section and a V-shaped bottom section; a plurality of ribs positioned to run transversely across and above the gutter, each having a first end and a second end; each rib having a rounded top section and a V-shaped bottom section, the ribs positioned on top of the bars to define a plurality of apertures for water penetration therein; a roof flange for attaching the gutter screen to a roof, the roof flange extending laterally from the first end of each rib, interconnecting each rib, the roof flange having a top surface flush to the top section of each rib; an L-shaped gutter flange for engaging a gutter edge, the gutter flange extending laterally from the second end of each rib, interconnecting each rib; a plurality of oval screw holes located on the gutter flange; a first slip joint located at a first end of the gutter screen; a second slip joint located at a second end of the gutter screen and mateable to a first slip joint of an adjacent gutter screen; each first slip joint being a descending step-stair design comprising a plurality of steps; and the second slip joint being an extended beveled edge, the beveled edge mateable to each step of the first slip joint of the adjacent screen such that when pressure is applied the extended beveled edge will ascend the step-stair of the adjacent screen, and when pressure is removed the extended beveled edge will descend the step-stair of the adjacent screen.