Patent ID: 9689166
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: E04D

Claim:
1. An apparatus in combination with a gutter mounted to a building having a roof with at least one roof portion extending downwardly to a lower roof edge above an upwardly facing gutter opening that receives precipitation, the gutter having a first edge closer to the building and a second edge farther from the building wherein the first and second edges are the highest portions of the gutter with the gutter opening defined between the first and second edges, the apparatus comprising: (a) a plurality of spaced, substantially parallel rods defining continuous voids between adjacent rods, each of said rods having a first rod end secured to the building adjacent the first gutter edge and an opposite, second rod end disposed adjacent the second gutter edge, the plurality of rods extending across the gutter opening with a downward slope between the first rod ends and the second rod ends for causing debris resting on the rods to slide down the rods beyond the second gutter edge without falling into the gutter opening, wherein each rod has a gutter span that is defined as each rod's entire length that is above the gutter opening beyond the lower roof edge, and wherein the continuous voids extend uninterrupted through each rod's entire height along the entire gutter spans of the adjacent rods; and (b) said second rod ends of at least some of the rods extend downwardly to the second gutter edge for supporting the rods by resting upon the second gutter edge, and said second rod ends of a remainder of the rods extend past the second gutter edge without contacting the second gutter edge.