Patent ID: 6745516
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
An apparatus for separating debris from rainwater or other fluid flowing into a gutter that forms a trough adjacent a roof and wherein the gutter has an outer lip portion and an inner lip portion and a series of gutter supports disposed from the outer lip portion to the inner lip portion, said apparatus comprising:an elongate cover structure disposed on at least two of said gutter supports and having a first longitudinal ridge feature formed adjacent the outer lip portion of a gutter and a second longitudinal ridge feature spaced from the first longitudinal ridge feature and formed adjacent the inner lip portion of the gutter so that a first gap is defined between the first longitudinal ridge feature and the outer lip portion and a second gap is defined between the second longitudinal ridge feature and the inner lip portion; wherein the first longitudinal ridge feature has an apex portion disposed approximately at the elevation of the outer lip portion and the second longitudinal ridge feature has an apex portion that is lower than the elevation of the apex portion of the first ridge feature and wherein a relatively lower elevation portion of the elongate cover structure is disposed between the first and second longitudinal ridge features; and at least one upwardly extending end cap structure sealingly coupled to a first end of the elongate cover structure and having a top portion disposed at an elevation at least as great as the elevation of the first longitudinal ridge feature.