Patent ID: 8001729
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. A gutter cover combined with a roof eave gutter having an upright outer wall having a formed top, an inner wall, and a bottom wall defining an open topped gutter space for receiving rainwater draining from the roof, said gutter adapted to be secured to a building by a bracket extending between said outer wall and said inner gutter wall, said bracket having opposite ends secured to said gutter outer and inner walls respectively, said gutter cover extending over the open top of said gutter and including a generally planar main portion overlying said gutter and formed with openings allowing rainwater to pass through said gutter cover main portion and into said gutter space, an outer side of said cover extending out and onto the formed top of the outer wall of said gutter to be supported thereby; said gutter cover also including an inner side adjacent said inner wall of said gutter formed with an angled channel defined by a first segment of said gutter cover angled outwardly and downwardly, extending below said gutter cover main portion and a return segment extending back up along said first segment to define said angled channel lying below said main portion; a bottom of said downwardly extending segments engaged with said bracket to maintain said gutter cover inner side elevated above said bracket and the top of the gutter outer wall to slope said main portion downward toward said gutter outer wall; an elastomeric strip inserted in said angled channel extending up and away from said cover main portion and engaging a surface fixed of said building to prevent rainwater from passing into said gutter space without passing through said gutter cover openings.