Patent ID: 8322081
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. In combination: a plurality of bracket assemblies for collectively supporting and removably receiving and supporting a gutter, the bracket assemblies being mountable on a building in a spaced-apart relationship, wherein each bracket assembly comprises: a first, stationary bracket that is mountable on the building, the stationary bracket being L-shaped and having a vertical leg and a horizontal leg extending outwardly from the vertical leg; and a second bracket that can support the gutter and that is pivotally connected to the first bracket about a pivot point so as to be capable of dumping the gutter from an upright position to a dumped position, the second bracket being generally C-shaped when in the upright position and including an elongated rigid tubular support member that is positionable in the gutter and that couples the upper legs of the second brackets of the bracket assemblies to one another, wherein the elongated support member is spaced from the pivot point, and wherein the entirety of the rigid tubular support member is located beneath an upper edge of the gutter and when the gutter is in an upright position.