Gutter guard with girder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12523041-B2
Application number	US-202418635912-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2024
Priority date	May 1, 2019
Publication date	Jan 13, 2026
Grant date	Jan 13, 2026

Abstract

A gutter guard device is described, comprising, a bridge member composed of a sheet or micro-mesh decking material having a plurality of orifices, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side; at least one girder spanning a bottom surface of 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 attached to an end section of the roof side of the bridge member and configured to attach to a roof; and a gutter attachment member attached to an end section of the gutter lip side of the bridge member and configured to attach to a gutter lip, wherein the device is self-supporting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A gutter guard comprising:
a mesh decking having a plurality of orifices, a gutter lip side and a roof side; a plurality of main folds of the mesh decking extending from the gutter lip side to the roof side, forming a plurality of unitary girders under the mesh decking; secondary folds on opposing ends of the plurality of main folds; a roof attachment rail, coupled to a flattened gutter lip side end; and a gutter lip attachment rail, coupled to a flattened roof side end, wherein the gutter guard is self-supporting due to the plurality of unitary girders.

2 . The gutter guard of claim 1 , wherein the decking is at least one of pre-tensioned woven strands of material and inter-woven diagonal strands of material.

3 . The gutter guard of claim 1 , wherein girders of the plurality of unitary girders are equidistant from each other.

4 . The gutter guard of claim 1 , wherein a girder of the plurality of unitary girders spans the decking in a non-orthogonal orientation.

5 . The gutter guard of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the roof attachment rail and the gutter lip attachment rail have a receiving center configured for securing the mesh decking to the respective attachment member.

6 . A gutter guard comprising:
a mesh decking having a plurality of orifices, a gutter lip side and a roof side; a plurality of main folds of the mesh decking extending from the gutter lip side to the roof side, forming a plurality of girders protruding under the mesh decking; and a plurality of height-reducing bends at the gutter lip side end and roof side end of the plurality of main folds, reducing a terminal end height of the main folds; wherein the gutter guard is self-supporting due to the plurality of girders.

7 . The gutter guard of claim 6 , wherein the mesh decking is at least one of pre-tensioned woven strands of material and inter-woven diagonal strands of material.

8 . The gutter guard of claim 6 , further comprising:
a roof attachment member, coupled to the gutter lip side end; and a gutter lip attachment member, coupled to the roof side end.

9 . The gutter guard of claim 6 , wherein girders of the plurality of girders are equidistant from each other.

10 . The gutter guard of claim 6 , wherein a girder of the plurality of girders spans the mesh decking in a non-orthogonal orientation.

11 . The gutter guard of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the roof attachment member and the gutter lip attachment member have a receiving center configured for securing the mesh decking to the respective attachment member.

Assignees

• Gutterglove Inc

Inventors

• Lenney Robert

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