Patent ID: 9021748
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus in combination with a gutter mounted to a building having a roof with at least one roof portion extending downwardly to a lower roof edge above an upwardly facing gutter opening that receives precipitation, the gutter having a first edge closer to the building and a second edge farther from the building wherein the first and second edges are the highest portions of the gutter with the gutter opening defined between the first and second edges, the apparatus comprising a plurality of substantially parallel rods spaced from one another and extending from a substantially perpendicular frame that is mounted to disposed above the gutter at the first edge, each of said rods extending between the first and second edges with a downward slope from the frame across the gutter opening and at least over and past the second edge for keeping debris from flowing into the gutter opening, wherein a continuous gap is formed between an underside of the rods and the second edge, wherein the rods are not directly attached to the second edge, thereby forming a continuous void above the second edge and below the rods for allowing debris to fall freely from tops of the rods, once the debris has passed over the second edge.