Patent ID: 6883760

Claim:
A rain gutter cover system for directing water running off a roof of a building into a gutter extending along the roofline while simultaneously preventing undesired debris from entering the gutter, said system comprising: a screen adapted to couple to the gutter and being operable to extend from the roofline over the gutter in a covering relationship when the screen is coupled to the gutter so that substantially all water entering the gutter must pass through the screen, said screen including at least one section sloping downhill between the roofline and the gutter, when the screen is coupled to the gutter said at least one section sloping backward toward the building when the screen is coupled to the gutter to thereby form an acute angle with the roof, said at least one section presenting an outer surface facing the gutter when the screen is coupled to the gutter and an inner surface facing the building when the screen is coupled to the gutter, said outer surface being configured to direct water running off the building's roof into the gutter so that some water flows along said outer surface before entering the gutter when the screen is coupled to the gutter, said screen including an additional section extending from the roofline to the at least one section when the screen is coupled to the gutter, said additional section being configured to direct water running off the building's roof into the gutter so that some water flows over said additional section before entering the gutter when the screen is coupled to the gutter, said screen including a plurality of perforations formed therein for siphoning water through the screen and into the gutter, said perforations comprising the only means for water to pass through the screen, each perforation including a channel formed in the screen adjacent the perforation on the uphill side of the perforation for channeling water into the perforation, at least a portion of said plurality of perforations being formed in said at least one section, said channels of said at least a portion of said plurality of perforations being recessed relative to said outer surface and projecting out of said inner surface.