Gutter cover system
View Patent ↗A gutter cover system has a reverse-curve cover and clips, fastened to fascia, that secure the back edge of the cover. The front of the cover has an S shape with a convex upper part and a concave lower part. The lower part clips inside the upper front edge of the gutter. The cover is corrugated with fore-aft extending ridges and grooves. The corrugations create small triangular openings for water to enter the gutter while preventing small leaves and evergreen needles from entering the gutter.
1. A gutter cover system for an open trough rain gutter having a front wall with an upper end and a spaced back wall attached to facia below a roof of a building, comprising:
a plurality of horizontally spaced clips mountable on said facia above said back wall, and
a gutter cover of impermeable material having a back edge, a front edge, a body and a nose, said body having a linear profile that slopes downwardly, forwardly, said nose having a convex first section that curves from said body forwardly, downwardly and then rearwardly, downwardly, and a concave second section that curves from said first section rearwardly, downwardly and then forwardly, downwardly to said front edge, said second section being sized and shaped to clip into said upper end of said front wall of said gutter, said nose having alternating fore-alt extending grooves and ridges extending from said body to said front edge with said grooves having a selected shape and said ridges having said shape, said back edge being shaped to be received and secured by said clips, and said cover being sized such that said ridges on said nose contact said upper end of said front wall of said gutter,
whereby rain water flows down said grooves, around said nose, into said gutter, and said ridges prevent small leaves and evergreen needles from entering said gutter.
2. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said shape is a V shape.
3. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cover includes a flange that projects upwardly, rearwardly from said body to said back edge, said flange being shaped to be received by said clips.
4. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said grooves and ridges extend rearwardly from said nose to said back edge.
5. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cover is made of roll formed metal.
6. A gutter cover system for an open trough rain gutter having a front wall with an upper end and a spaced back wall attached to facia below a roof of a building, comprising:
a plurality of horizontally spaced clips mountable on said facia above said back wall, and
a roll formed metal gutter cover having a back edge, a front edge, a body, a nose and a flange, said body having a linear profile that slopes downwardly, forwardly, said nose having a convex first section that curves from said body forwardly, downwardly and then rearwardly, downwardly, and a concave second section that curves from said first section rearwardly, downwardly and then forwardly, downwardly to said front edge, said flange projecting upwardly, rearwardly from said body to said back edge, said cover having alternating fore-alt extending grooves and ridges extending from said back edge to said front edge with said grooves having a V shape and said ridges having said V shape, said flange being shaped to be received and secured by said clips, said cover being sized such that said ridges on said nose contact said upper end of said front wall of said gutter, and said second section being sized and shaped to clip into said upper end of said front wall of said gutter,
whereby rain water flows down said grooves, around said nose, into said gutter, and said ridges prevent small leaves and evergreen needles from entering said gutter.
7. A gutter cover for an open trough rain gutter having a front wall with an upper end and a spaced back wall attached to facia below a roof of a building, comprising:
a front edge,
a back edge,
a body having a linear profile that slopes downwardly, forwardly, and
a nose having a convex first section that curves from said body forwardly, downwardly and then rearwardly, downwardly, and a concave second section that curves from said first section rearwardly, downwardly and then forwardly, downwardly to said front edge, said second section being sized and shaped to clip into said upper end of said front wall of said gutter, said nose having alternating fore-alt extending grooves and ridges extending from said body to said front edge with said grooves having a selected shape and said ridges having said shape, and said nose being sized such that said ridges on said nose contact said upper end of said front wall of said gutter,
whereby rain water flows down said grooves, around said nose, into said gutter and said ridges prevent small leaves and evergreen needles from entering said gutter.
8. The system as set forth in claim 7 wherein said shape is a V shape.
9. The system as set forth in claim 7 wherein said cover includes a flange that projects upwardly, rearwardly from said body to said back edge.
10. The system as set forth in claim 7 wherein said grooves and ridges extend rearwardly from said nose to said back edge.
11. The system as set forth in claim 7 wherein said cover is made of roll formed metal.