Patent ID: 7958680

Claim:
An apparatus for connecting to a down spout of a gutter system to slow, disrupt and diffuse runoff water to thereby eliminate erosion and destruction of surrounding landscaping, the apparatus comprises: a body with an inlet and an outlet formed by a pair of sidewalls spaced apart and enclosed by a top wall and a bottom wall; at least one upwardly extending baffle on the bottom wall to deflect runoff water upward, the baffle terminating in a top edge between the top and bottom wall of the body; at least one downwardly extending baffle on the top wall to deflect runoff water downward; the at least one upwardly extending baffle consists of a first baffle spaced upstream from a second baffle; a gullet in the first baffle aligned with a tooth of the second baffle to slow and disrupt runoff passing through the first baffle; and the combination of the at least one upwardly extending baffle and the at least one downwardly extending baffle for slowing, discombobulating and diffusing runoff from the downspout to discourage erosion of surrounding landscaping.