Patent ID: 7870692

Claim:
A gutter cover distributing water across the face of the cover and controlling the rate of water ingress through the cover into the gutter thereby assisting in the separation of water and shedding of debris from the passing runoff water and debris, and preventing debris from building up on the gutter cover, the gutter cover comprising: a solid sheet member having a top surface, an opposite bottom surface, a first edge adapted to be positioned under roofing material and a second parallel edge; a flat expanded metal member having a top surface, an opposite bottom surface, a first and a second parallel edges, the first edge secured to the second edge of the solid sheet member; a breaker plate secured to the second edge of the flat expanded metal member to thereby assist in preventing water on the bottom surface of the flat expanded metal member from traveling beyond the second edge over the front of the gutter; and the flat expanded metal member further comprising: (a) a plurality of honeycomb shapes each having a plurality of sides including a first side and second parallel side, the sides having a top and a bottom surface, the honeycombs shapes connected by overlapping the bottom surface of the first side of one honeycomb shape with the top surface of the second side of another honeycomb shape; (b) each row of the plurality of honeycomb shapes extend in a direction perpendicular to side edges of the flat expanded metal member; (c) a longitudinal width between the overlapping sides being greater than a latitudinal width between the overlapping sides; (d) a plurality of louvered surfaces formed by the overlapping sides; and (e) wherein the louvered surfaces of the flat expanded metal member of the gutter cover have an angle being obtuse relative to water flow across the cover to assist in distributing water across the face of the flat expanded metal member and controlling the rate of water ingress through the plurality of honeycombs into the gutter to thereby assist in the separation of water and shedding of the debris from the passing runoff water and debris, and preventing debris from building up on the gutter cover.