Patent ID: 7340863
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: E04D

Abstract:
1. A rain gutter and leaf guard apparatus comprising: a trough portion having a front face, a rear wall and a bottom floor interconnecting said front face and said rear wall, said front face terminating at an upper lip said upper lip being formed with a horizontal flange extending inwardly toward said rear wall from said front face; a leaf guard portion formed integrally with said trough portion and extending from said rear wall to said upper lip, said leaf guard portion terminating in an attachment lip positioned proximate to said upper lip of said trough portion; a connecting member interengaging said attachment lip and said upper lip to connect said leaf guard portion to said trough portion, said attachment lip mating with said horizontal flange to permit said connecting member to interengage said attachment lip and said horizontal flange; and a mounting flange formed by an extension of said rear wall above said upper lip and a leg member of said leaf guard portion that is oriented parallel to said rear wall, said leg member being folded over from said rear wall extension by a 180 degree bend.