Patent ID: 6944992
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. A device for protecting a gutter wherein the gutter has a rear wall, a front wall, a bottom wall, said walls defining a trough therebetween, said device comprising: a mounting member and means for securing said mounting member to said gutter; said means for securing said mounting member to said gutter comprising a clip member having a pair of legs extending downwardly and being designed to be attached to a gutter retaining member extending between said rear side wall and said front wall. a guard member having an elongated configuration with first and second longitudinally extending sides; a first side of said guard member being engageable with a first side of said mounting member to prevent substantial vertical movement of said guard member; said mounting member having a flexible sealing portion extending outwardly in a direction away from said first side of said mounting member for sealing engagement with an adjacent structure; and said guard member having a substantially planar portion between said first and second sides, said substantially planar portion having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough.