Patent ID: 7726077
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. A gutter cover system for retrofit use in conjunction with a gutter having a trough and a front upper lip and wherein the gutter is previously mounted on a wall of a building to receive runoff rain water from a roof of the building that is shingled; the gutter cover system comprising: a) a plurality of mounting brackets adapted to be retrofit mounted on the gutter; each bracket being sized and shaped to be mounted between the gutter lip and extend rearwardly therefrom to the building wall; each bracket having a first portion adapted to be associated with the building wall and a second portion adapted to be associated with the gutter lip; each bracket having a swivel joining ends of the bracket first and second portions and being adapted to allow a person to swivel the first and second portions relative to each other during installation into the gutter; each bracket first portion having an upwardly extending flange adapted to receive a fastener for fixedly attaching the bracket first portion to the building wall; each bracket second portion having a forward lip member adapted to be snugly and securely received inside of and under the gutter lip such that after installation of the bracket in the gutter, the bracket extends between the lip and the building wall while providing support to the gutter against forces applied toward the wall against the lip of the gutter; b) each bracket being bowed upwardly intermittently between the bracket lip member and the rearward side of the bracket first portion so as to provide an upper platform that is located at approximately the same elevation as a top side of the gutter lip when the bracket is mounted in the gutter; c) each platform having a tab attached thereto and positioned so as to define an outward facing slot that is located substantially at least as high as the top of the gutter lip when mounted relative to the gutter; d) a gutter cover comprising: