Gutter guard with irregular grooves

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12467262-B2
Application number	US-202418428434-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2024
Priority date	May 1, 2019
Publication date	Nov 11, 2025
Grant date	Nov 11, 2025

Abstract

A self-supporting gutter guard device is described having a bridge member composed of a decking material having a plurality of orifices, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side, at least one groove disposed in the decking material altering a profile of the deck material to outline a 3-dimensional geometry that spans the bridge member from a proximal end of the bridge member's roof side to a proximal end of the bridge member's gutter lip side, a roof attachment member configured to attach to the roof side of the bridge member, and a gutter attachment member configured to attach to the gutter lip side of the bridge member, wherein the 3-dimensional geometry of the at least one groove enables the device to be self-supporting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A gutter guard device comprising:
a bridge member composed of a decking material having a plurality of orifices, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side; at least one groove disposed in a path from the roof side to the opposing gutter lip side of the decking material, wherein the at least one groove has a shape and a width that varies along the path; a roof attachment member configured to attach to the roof side of the bridge member; and a gutter attachment member configured to attach to the gutter lip side of the bridge member; wherein the varying shape and width of the at least one groove enables the device to be self-supporting.

2 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , wherein adjacent grooves of the at least one groove form a series of mid-point shifted grooves, wherein first ends of the adjacent grooves have an upper half-hexagonal profile disposed above a plane of the bridge portion and opposite ends of the adjacent grooves have a lower half-hexagonal profile disposed below the plane of the bridge portion.

3 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , wherein a first groove of the at least one groove has a different height than a second groove of the at least one groove.

4 . The gutter guard device of claim 3 , further comprising at least one barricade disposed in the bridge member.

5 . The gutter guard device of claim 4 , wherein the at least one barricade has a shape of a number, letter, circle, arrow, crescent, bump, dimple, or polygon.

6 . The gutter guard device of claim 4 , wherein the at least one barricade is a plurality of barricades.

7 . The gutter guard device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one barricade is not made from decking material.

8 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the roof attachment member and the gutter attachment member have a receiving center configured for securing the bridge member to the respective attachment member.

9 . A gutter guard device, comprising:
a bridge member having a decking material, the decking material having a plurality of orifices, and a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side; at least one irregular groove disposed in the decking material and having a shape and size that varies along a length that extends at least partially from the roof side to the opposing gutter lip side of the decking material; a roof attachment member configured to attach to the roof side of the bridge member; and a gutter attachment member configured to attach to the gutter lip side of the bridge member; wherein the at least one irregular groove enables the device to be self-supporting.

10 . The gutter guard device of claim 9 , wherein:
the decking material has a center plane; and the shape of the at least one irregular groove extends below the center plane along a first portion of the length of the at least one irregular groove and extends below the center plane along a second portion of the length of the at least one irregular groove.

11 . The gutter guard device of claim 9 , wherein a first irregular groove of the at least one irregular groove has a different height than a second irregular groove of the at least one irregular groove.

12 . The gutter guard device of claim 9 , wherein a shape of a first irregular groove of the at least one irregular groove is reversed from a shape of a second irregular groove of the at least one irregular groove.

13 . The gutter guard device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one irregular groove is a plurality of irregular grooves.

14 . The gutter guard device of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of irregular grooves are parallel to each other.

Assignees

• Gutterglove Inc

Inventors

• Lenney Robert C

Classifications

• E04D13/064

  Gutters {(drainage channels on the roof surface E04D13/0445; gutters for greenhouses A01G9/1476)} · CPC title

• E04D13/068

  Means for fastening gutter parts together · CPC title

• E04D13/076 Primary

  Devices or arrangements for removing snow, ice or debris from gutters or for preventing accumulation thereof · CPC title