Patent ID: 6951077
Filing Date: 2005-10-04
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. A gutter screen for a rain gutter having an upper opening, said gutter screen comprising: a fine mesh screen having front and rear opposing longitudinal edges and having a top surface and a bottom surface, the fine mesh screen comprised of threads with openings between threads no greater than 80 microns, said fine mesh screen having a size and configuration to cover the opening into a rain gutter, said fine mesh screen being substantially flexible so that said fine mesh screen may be configured in roll form for the purpose of decoiling into a roll form shaping machine; an underlying skeletal structure of expanded metal having front and rear opposing longitudinal edges with a top surface and a bottom surface, the skeletal structure having diamond shaped water receiving openings, said skeletal structure positioned below and directly connected throughout the extent of the gutter screen, said expanded metal being substantially flexible so that said expanded metal may be configured in roll form for the purpose of decoiling into a roll form shaping machine allowing for crimp attachment to and shaping with said fine mesh screen; and a forward connector portion crimped to said front longitudinal edges of said fine mesh screen and said skeletal structure of expanded metal and a rear connector portion associated with and crimped to said rear longitudinal edges of said fine mesh screen and said skeletal structure of expanded metal for installing the gutter screen to a rain gutter, wherein said fine mesh screen and said expanded metal have a plurality of downward extending channels spaced a minimum of one inch apart and parallel to said front and rear longitudinal edges of said fine mesh screen and said expanded metal.