Patent ID: 7908797
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. A gutter cover comprising a sheet having a front portion, a rear portion, and a central portion extending between said front portion and said rear portion; said central portion having a plurality of openings for passage of water therethrough, the central portion being substantially planar and having an upwardly directed upper surface, said front portion comprising a first segment, an upper wall segment, a bend segment, and a lower wall segment, wherein said first segment extends forwardly from said central portion to said upper wall segment, said upper wall segment joins said first segment and said bend segment, said bend segment joins said upper wall segment and said lower wall segment, and said lower wall segment extends rearwardly from said bend segment and underneath said upper wall segment, wherein a space is formed between said upper wall segment and said lower wall segment underneath the upper wall segment, the upper wall segment having an upper opening therethrough, the lower wall segment having a lower opening therethrough, the upper opening and the lower opening substantially aligned, the first segment having an upwardly directed upper surface, the upper wall segment having an upwardly directed upper surface, the lower wall segment having an upwardly directed upper surface, a first fastener extends through said upper wall segment via the upper opening and through said lower wall segment via the lower opening, and wherein a distance between the upper surface of said upper wall segment and the upper surface of said lower wall segment is greater than or equal to an axial height of a head portion of said first fastener, the first segment extends upwardly and forwardly from the central portion to provide the upper surface of the first segment as a concave curve which merges smoothly with the upper surface of the central portion and with the upper surface of said upper wall segment, said upper wall segment extends forwardly from the first segment to provide the upper surface of said upper wall segment as a convex curve extending upwardly to the upper opening then downwardly to the bend portion to merge smoothly with an upwardly directed upper surface of the bend portion, said lower wall segment of said front portion is planar, an axis of the first fastener passes through a distal end of the first fastener, the head portion of the first fastener, the upper opening and the lower opening.