Patent ID: 7506476

Claim:
A guard for conventional rain gutters having a generally trough-shaped interior, a rear wall extending along a roof fascia, and a front lip, comprising: a cap having a rearward portion thereof shaped to extend along an associated roof, a medial portion thereof shaped to extend over the interior of the gutter, and a forward portion thereof shaped to extend adjacent to the front lip of the gutter; a mounting bracket having a rearward mounting portion thereof adapted for abutment with the rear wall of the gutter, an upper cap support portion thereof abuttingly supporting thereon said medial portion of said cap to deflect debris from the interior of the gutter, a forward gutter support portion thereof having a nose configured to engage the front lip of the gutter, and an angled fastener boss which slants upwardly and outwardly at an acute angle from said rearward mounting portion toward said upper cap support portion and has a central opening shaped to receive therein a fastener which extends through the rear wall of the gutter and into the roof fascia to support said bracket and the gutter along the roof; and a fastener access aperture opening upwardly through said upper cap support portion of said mounting bracket, aligned with said central opening in said fastener boss, and configured to insert the fastener through said fastener access aperture and into said fastener boss.