Patent ID: 8276321

Claim:
A gutter cover for mounting on a gutter attached to a building and having a gutter trough to receive water discharged from a roof structure of said building comprising: a central body portion formed of alternating areas of expanded metal openings and non-apertured areas, each area of expanded metal openings including more than one transversely extending row of openings, each said non-apertured area having a longitudinal dimension greater than a longitudinal dimension between two adjacent rows of openings in either of the areas of expanded metal openings proximate to the non-apertured area, said central body portion having at least two areas of expanded metal openings separated by a non-apertured area, the longitudinal dimension of each said area of expanded metal openings being less than the corresponding longitudinal dimension of said non-apertured area separating said at least two areas of expanded metal openings; a front portion integrally formed with said central body portion and being configured to be supported on a front lip portion of said gutter; and a rear portion integrally formed with said body portion and including a drip leg bent downwardly from said body portion toward said gutter trough.