Patent ID: 8375644
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. A gutter guard constructed to be mounted on a gutter and to extend from a front portion to a rear portion of the gutter, the guard comprising: a central screen portion; a front mounting portion; and a rear mounting portion; the screen portion comprising a fine mesh top layer and a bottom support layer of expanded construction with openings of a size to enable rain water to flow at a desired rate through the mesh top layer and the bottom support layer into an underlying gutter; the mesh top layer and the bottom support layer being roll-formed to provide a raised plateau area in a midportion of the screen portion to slow the flow of rain water from a rear area to a front area of the screen portion and to facilitate the flow of the rain water through the screen portion into the underlying gutter; the front mounting portion comprising a first metal sheet with a first end portion that is folded over and crimped to an adjacent front end of the screen portion and a second opposite end portion depending from the first end portion and extending toward the front of the gutter guard; the rear mounting portion comprising a second metal sheet having a folded front end that extends over and is crimped to an adjacent rear end of the screen portion, and a generally flat portion that extends rearwardly and terminates in an upstanding leg that is constructed to engage and be secured to an adjacent fascia board when the gutter guard is mounted on a gutter; wherein an underside of the first end portion of the first metal sheet of the front mounting portion is provided with a plurality of rows of spaced crimps in overlapping relation to obstruct and minimize the flow of any rain water over the underside toward the second end portion extending toward the front of the gutter guard.