Patent ID: 8677695

Claim:
A detritus exclusion appliance, comprising: an elongate support structure constructed to engage with and overlay an eaves trough along a length thereof, said support structure comprising an upwardly projecting, axial support beam, a siphoning channel groove, and a plurality of inline oval-shaped punch outs, said siphoning channel groove being on an underneath side of said elongate support structure and running along an entire length of the plurality of inline oval-shaped punch outs and in between each oval-shaped punch out to direct any residual water flow from the underneath side into the eaves trough, said support structure further defining a plurality of apertures formed therethrough along a length thereof; and a mesh screen secured to and supported by said support structure and overlaying said eaves trough, said mesh screen formed to have openings that admit water therethrough to said eaves while excluding debris therefrom.