Patent ID: 6205715
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
In a gutter assembly secured to a building side wall for collecting run off water from a roof, including an elongate gutter channel with an open top and spaced side walls, a plurality of gutter securement members transversely extending between said side walls adjacent said open top and longitudinally spaced in said channel for facilitating securement of said channel to a building side wall, and an elastic gutter guard screen preventing debris from entering said channel and allowing the run off water to pass therethrough and enter said channel, the improvement comprising:a plurality of gutter guard supports each configured to be attached directly to a respective one of said plurality of gutter securement members, each said gutter guard support including at least one upright anchor post configured for insertion in a respective opening in said gutter guard screen, said gutter guard screen being held under tension by respective said anchor posts on adjacent said gutter guard supports respectively mounted directly on said adjacent gutter securement members so as to tautly hold said gutter guard screen on said gutter guard supports across the open top of said channel, whereby debris is prevented by said tautly held gutter guard screen from entering said channel and water passes through said gutter guard screen into said channel.