Patent ID: 6979145

Claim:
A driveway gutter comprising: a rigid gutter form having a length and a width, and a concave trough forming substantially all of an upper surface, running along the length of the form for conveying water along the gutter; and a gutter mat, comprising a flexible body having a domed upper surface and a flat lower surface, and at least one fastening hole penetrating into the body; the gutter mat being located in the trough such that the lower surface of the body bridges across the trough, creating a gap between the trough an the lower surface for water flow therebetween; the body of the gutter mat being sufficiently rigid to support the body with its lower surface maintains the gap when unloaded, and being sufficiently flexible to give under a tire of a vehicle, so that the body deforms into the trough and a transition of the tire across the gutter is smoothed.