Patent ID: 8341891

Claim:
A device to prevent clogging of a rain gutter by leaves, twigs and solid debris, the device comprising: a liquid permeable foam strip having a width sufficient to span a rain gutter and having a length greater than the width, and a thickness sufficient to prevent passage of leaves, twigs and solid debris therethrough; a support member having a thickness less than the thickness of the porous foam strip, the support member supporting the liquid permeable foam strip above a bottom surface of the rain gutter when the device is positioned in a rain gutter, the support member further comprising; a series of spaced apart arms affixed to an undersurface of the liquid permeable foam strip leaving a portion of the undersurface of the liquid permeable foam strip exposed to allow rain to pass through the liquid permeable foam strip and into the rain gutter; and legs extending from the spaced apart arms so that the legs can extend transverse to the spaced apart arms and to the liquid permeable foam strip to support the liquid permeable foam strip above the bottom surface of the rain gutter.