Patent ID: 8322083

Claim:
An articulating downspout assembly comprising: an elbow component having an upper section configured for connection to a vertical downspout of a downspout system of a building, an elbow section extending from the upper section, and a lower section extending from the elbow section, the elbow component further including a first integrated pivot configuration on the lower section comprising a slit configuration formed in an upper surface of the lower section adjacent an end of the lower section distal the elbow section; and an end component having a first end configured for coupling with a downspout extension and a second end having a second integrated pivot configuration comprising a tab configuration projecting outwardly in a longitudinal direction from an upper end surface of the end component; the first and second integrated pivot configurations creating a hinge between the elbow component and the end component when the elbow component and the end component are joined via the first and second integrated pivot configurations.