Patent ID: 8656647

Claim:
A gutter protector system in combination with a gutter comprising: a gutter having two sides and a gutter base between the two sides to form a U-shaped structure; a first gutter protector comprising a top surface defining a front edge and a back edge, a first side extending from the front edge to the back edge and extending at an angle a from the top surface and having a gutter contacting first edge adapted to rest on the gutter base of the gutter, a second side extending from the front edge to the back edge and extending at an angle β from the top surface and having a gutter contacting second edge adapted to rest on the gutter base of said gutter; a front edge notch in the front edge and a back edge notch in the back edge, wherein said front edge notch and said back edge notch are both midline notches extending longitudinally substantially parallel to the first side and the second side and are of like dimensions; a second gutter protector identical to said first gutter protector; wherein said back edge notch on said first gutter protector is adapted to engage the front edge notch in said second gutter protector to couple said first gutter protector to said second gutter protector; and wherein one of said front edge notch and said back edge notch of said first gutter protector is engaged with one of the second protector front end notch or the second protector back edge notch to form an interlocking joinder with a portion of said first gutter protector overlapping said second gutter protector and a portion of said second gutter protector overlapping said first gutter protector.