Patent ID: 6993870

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 with a channel and an end flange extending outwardly away from the rear wall, 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; and a mounting bracket having a rearward portion thereof adapted for abutment with the rear wall of the gutter, an upper portion thereof supporting said cap to deflect debris from the interior of the gutter, and a forward portion thereof having a hook-shaped nose means for insertion under the end flange of the gutter such that said mounting bracket is rotated rearwardly along a generally vertical arc about said nose means toward the rear wall of the gutter, and shifted laterally into a skewed orientation within the interior of the gutter, and subsequently pivoted laterally along a generally horizontal plane about said nose means into a generally perpendicular orientation within the interior of the gutter to retain said nose means in the channel of the gutter, and facilitate attachment of the rearward portion of said mounting bracket to the rear wall of the gutter and the roof fascia.