Patent ID: 6536165
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
A rain gutter for collecting rain water flowing from a roof of a building while rejecting debris that is initially present with the rain water and for conveying the rain water to a downspout, the rain gutter comprising;(a) a rain gutter channel having an inside wall adjacent to the building and an opposite outside wall, (b) a mounting flange for mounting to the roof of the building and for receiving rain water from the roof of the building, and (c) a collecting surface connecting the mounting flange and the outside wall of the gutter channel, the mounting flange and the collecting surface connected by a folded edge, the collecting surface including an upper portion that curves toward the building and a lower portion that curves away from the building, the collecting surface having a pattern of diagonal openings that present diagonal upper edges for diverting water and a corresponding pattern of collecting slots disposed under the diagonal openings having inwardly bent tabs depending from their upper edges for receiving the water diverted by the diagonal openings and diverting the water into the rain gutter channel, whereby rain water is received by the mounting flange flows around the folded edge, is diverted by the diagonal openings and is received by the collecting slots into the rain gutter channel while substantially most of the debris that is initially present with the rain water is rejected and does not enter the rain gutter channel.