Patent ID: 8166602

Claim:
A cleaning arrangement for removing accumulated leaves and other debris from an overhead gutter of a building, said arrangement including: a cleaning tool having a blade of comparative cross sectional profile to the gutter to be cleaned, an elongated rod having one end adapted to be held by a user and a remote end substantially perpendicular to the said blade when said blade is connected to said rod, said blade including an aperture at an upper corner of said blade for an end of the rod to be releasable fastenable therein in an off-center positioning, such that the off-center positioning of the rod allows the cleaning tool to be scraped along the length of a segment of guttering without the blade making contact with internal brackets or bracing supporting the gutter, wherein the blade is connected to the rod by a biasing ribbed lever that is a part of the rod that extends into the aperture of the blade, wherein a shelf extending from the lever includes an upward tab that is adapted to be position into any one of a series of slots about the circumferential edge of the aperture, such that the rod is held in place in the aperture by the upward tab's engagement with one of the slots and with one of the ribs of the biasing lever.