Gutter debris preclusion device with multiple manipulations and patterns thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9976309-B2
Application number	US-201715830738-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2017
Priority date	Aug 7, 2013
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

A gutter debris preclusion screen and device for use with a gutter attached to a building, with various elevated ridges and patterned sections, wherein a least one ridge redirects water to flow with a longitudinal component over the screen, and a ridge elevates one or more portions of resting debris off the screen surface to permit airflow between the elevated portion(s) of the resting debris and a non-contact area of the screen, facilitating accelerated drying and wind-based removal of the debris from the screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gutter debris preclusion device for debris elevation for enhancing debris drying and removal that is for use with a gutter, comprising:
a metal woven screen having a plurality of orifices disposed therein, the screen having a longitudinal and lateral direction;
a first manipulation disposed in the screen and having a first cross-sectional shape along lateral direction of the screen, the first cross-sectional shape having a first elevated edge and first depressed edge, the first manipulation having a varying lateral position with respect to longitudinal position;
a second manipulation disposed in the screen and having a second cross-sectional shape along the lateral direction of the screen, the second cross-sectional shape having a second elevated edge and second depressed edge, the second manipulation having a varying lateral position with respect to longitudinal position,
a first pattern having at least one ridge, semi or fully directed longitudinally, along sections of the screen, formed by combining the first and second cross-sectional shapes, the pattern being disposed repeatedly along the longitudinal direction of the screen; and,
wherein the at least one ridge redirects water to flow with a longitudinal component over the screen, and the at least one ridge elevates one or more portions of a resting debris to permit airflow between the elevated portion(s) of the resting debris and a non-contact area of the screen, facilitating accelerated drying and wind-based removal of the debris from the screen.

2. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first cross-sectional shape is the same as the second cross-sectional shape.

3. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a second ridge in the first pattern.

4. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 3 , wherein the first cross-sectional shape is the same as the second cross-sectional shape, and ridges of the at least one ridge are shaped differently from each other.

5. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the device is fully self-supporting over a gutter, due to the screen itself being fully self-supporting, or due to at least one of the first and second cross sectional shapes stiffening the screen to become fully self-supporting.

6. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a second pattern having at least one ridge, semi or fully directed longitudinally, along sections of the screen, formed by combining the first and second cross-sectional shapes and shifting in a different manner from the first pattern, the combination across the longitudinal direction of the screen to form a repeating second pattern on the screen.

7. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 6 , wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are of the same overall shape.

8. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein a number of the screen's orifices are between 196 to 8,200 per square inch of the screen.

9. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first pattern forms a sinusoidal curve.

10. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 6 , wherein the patterns form a plurality of sinusoidal curves.

11. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the patterns form a plurality of sinusoidal curves.

12. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first pattern forms a plurality of overlapping X-shapes.

13. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first pattern forms a plurality of square-shapes.

14. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first pattern forms a plurality of angled rectangle-shapes.

15. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first pattern forms a plurality of adjoining circular shapes.

16. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 6 , wherein the patterns form a plurality of sinusoids and adjoining circular shapes.

17. The gutter debris preclusion device, as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first pattern forms a plurality of concentric circular shapes.

18. The gutter debris preclusion device as recited in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second elevated edges is at least 0.125 inches in height from a top surface of the screen.

Assignees

• Gutterglove Inc

Inventors

• Lenney Robert C

Classifications

• E04B1/92

  Protection against other undesired influences or dangers (buildings providing protection against external dangers E04H9/00; shielding against dangerous radiation G21F) · CPC title

• E04D13/072

  Hanging means (in combination with means for fastening gutter parts together {E04D13/0685}) · CPC title

• E04D13/0404

  Drainage on the roof surface · CPC title

• E04D13/064

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

• E04D13/076 Primary

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