Patent ID: 7056433

Claim:
A gutter screen assembly for minimizing water runoff and debris collection adjacent a gutter, the gutter comprising a roof-engaging portion and a substantially horizontal gutter rim portion, the gutter rim portion comprising an inner rim edge and an outer rim edge, the roof-engaging portion being affixed adjacent a roof border region, the gutter screen assembly comprising, in combination: a gutter screen, the gutter screen comprising a roof-engaging edge, a gutter-engaging edge, two latitudinally-opposed screen edges, a plurality of longitudinally-aligned ribs extending from the roof-engaging edge to the gutter-engaging edge, and a plurality of latitudinally-aligned ribs extending intermediate the latitudinally-opposed screen edges, the longitudinally-aligned ribs intersecting with the latitudinally-aligned ribs thus forming a series of intersection points, the longitudinally-aligned ribs, the latitudinally-aligned ribs and the intersection points defining a substantially planar water-accepting grid; and a gutter screen termination trim, the gutter screen termination trim comprising a substantially planar vertical first breaker edge, a substantially planar vertical second breaker edge, a select positioning breaker edge, a select tension-breaking breaker edge, and a substantially horizontal screen-receiving region intermediate the first and second breaker edges, the select breaker edges each being selected from the group consisting of the first and second breaker edges, the first and second breaker edges being substantially coplanar, the screen-receiving region comprising an edge-receiving fold, the edge-receiving fold comprising a substantially U-shaped edge and two substantially parallel edge-engaging regions, the edge-receiving fold receiving the gutter-engaging edge, the edge-receiving fold thus sandwiching the gutter-engaging edge intermediate the edge-engaging regions, the roof-engaging edge being affixed adjacent the roof border region, the edge-receiving fold and gutter-engaging edge being affixed in superior adjacency to the gutter rim portion, the select positioning breaker edge extending downwardly snugly adjacent the inner rim edge, the U-shaped edge being spatially located in superior adjacency to the outer rim edge, the select tension-breaking breaker edge extending upwardly opposite the select positioning breaker edge, the select tension-breaking breaker edge for breaking the water surface tension of a water film formed upon the gutter screen thus allowing water to permeate through the water-accepting grid into the gutter.