Patent ID: 6134843
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
A gutter shield device used with gutters having inboard and outboard edges, the gutters being attached to a building, the gutter shield device comprising:an elongated matting including a plurality of open, pyramidal shaped cones arranged in transverse and longitudinal rows, the bases of said cones defining a lower first plane and the apexes of said cones defining an upper second plane; said matting further including a pair of first and second lateral lips extending outwardly from said bases of the outside longitudinal rows of said cones, said lateral lips having upper and lower surfaces, said outside longitudinal rows having exposed outward sides;an elongated strip of water porous fabric having an upper and lower surface, said upper fabric surface being sufficiently smooth to prevent debris from being retained by said fabric material to facilitate the debris being blown off by ambient winds, said lower fabric surface being bonded to said cone apexes in said second plane, said lower surface of said fabric being bonded to said exposed outward sides of said rows and said upper surfaces of said first and second lateral lips of said matting, said covered lateral lips adapted to engage the underside of the edges of the gutter;a first wing extending from said strip of fabric beyond the outer edge of said first lateral lip, said first wing being positioned for attachment to the building proximate the gutter; anda second wing affixed to said strip of fabric proximate the outer edge of said second lateral lip, said second wing being positioned for attachment to the outboard gutter edge.