Patent ID: 9163406
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. An elongate gutter cover of resilient flexible material for covering a gutter supported by a gutter hanger, the gutter having a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, and a gutter flange projecting rearward from the front wall and spaced above the bottom wall of the gutter, the gutter cover comprising a central cover portion adapted to overlie the gutter when the gutter cover is in an installed position on the gutter, a front cover portion comprising a rear cover portion extending down from the central cover portion and terminating in a lower end adapted for contact with the gutter hanger when the gutter cover is in said installed position, wherein the central cover portion, front cover portion, and rear cover portion of the gutter cover are made of resiliently flexible solid sheet material, with or without perforations, and wherein said recess for receiving the gutter flange is defined by a channel formation comprising an upper leg extending forward from the drain trough and adapted to overlie the gutter flange when the gutter cover is in said installed position, a lower leg below the upper leg and adapted to underlie the gutter flange when the gutter cover is in said installed position, and a third leg between the upper and lower legs integrally connecting the upper and lower legs, the third leg originating from a forward end of the upper leg and extending rearward from the forward end of the upper leg to a rearward end of the lower leg, and the lower leg originating from a rearward end of the third leg and extending forward from the rearward end of the third leg to a location spaced below the third leg such that said recess is formed between the third leg and the lower leg.