Single piece gutter guard with truss
A gutter guard device is described 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 truss spanning a top 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 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 roof attachment member, the bridge member and the gutter attachment member are a single piece of material and the device is self-supporting.
1 . A gutter guard device comprising:
a bridge member composed of a non-mesh decking material, having a roof side end and an opposing gutter lip side end;
at least one continuous main fold in the bridge member to form at least one truss spanning a top surface of the bridge member;
a secondary fold of a terminal end of the at least one continuous main fold, wherein the secondary fold reduces a height of a portion of the at least one continuous main fold proximal to at least one of the roof side end and the opposing gutter lip side end of the bridge member;
a roof attachment member formed from the roof side end of the bridge member; and
a gutter attachment member formed from the gutter lip side end of the bridge member,
wherein the roof attachment member, the bridge member and the gutter attachment member are a single piece of material and the gutter guard device is self-supporting.
2 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one truss is a plurality of trusses.
3 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , wherein a structure of the at least one truss has a first side joined to an opposing second side via a connecting top side.
4 . The gutter guard device of claim 3 , wherein the first and second sides are disposed perpendicular to a plane of the bridge member.
5 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one truss is disposed at a non-perpendicular angle from a plane of the bridge member.
6 . The gutter guard device of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of trusses are equidistant from each other.
7 . The gutter guard device of claim 2 , wherein a truss of the plurality of trusses spans the bridge member in a non-orthogonal orientation.
8 . The gutter guard device of claim 2 , wherein a truss of the plurality of trusses is bifurcated.
9 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , wherein a length of the at least one truss has a span is less than a length between the roof side end and the opposing gutter lip side end.
10 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one truss is made from a separate material from the bridge member.
11 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one truss has a cross-sectional profile shape of an upside down “U”.
12 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one barricade disposed in the bridge member.
13 . The gutter guard device of claim 12 , wherein the at least one barricade has a shape of at least one of a number, circle, arrow, crescent, bump, dimple, and polygon.
14 . The gutter guard device of claim 12 , wherein the at least one barricade is a plurality of barricades.
15 . The gutter guard device of claim 12 , wherein the at least one barricade is not made from the non-mesh decking material.
16 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , wherein a roof side first section of the bridge member has a first elevation and a gutter side second section of the bridge member has a second elevation, the roof side first section and the gutter side second section being joined by a third section, to form a non-linear bridge member profile, wherein a profile of the at least one truss is matched to the non-linear profile of the bridge member.
17 . The gutter guard device of claim 16 , wherein the first and section elevations are the same and the third section contains an apex, to form a peak.
18 . The gutter guard device of claim 16 , wherein the first and section elevations are the same and the third section contains an inverted apex, to form a trough.
19 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , wherein the roof attachment member is flexible, allowing it to be deformed into different attachment angles.
20 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , wherein a profile of the at least one truss is at least one of a T and an inverted L.
21 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , wherein a lower portion of the at least one truss is angled with respect to an upper portion of the at least one truss.
22 . The gutter guard device of claim 2 , further including at least one groove of at least one of a regular groove shape and an irregular groove shape disposed in the bridge member between the plurality of trusses.
23 . The gutter guard device of claim 22 , wherein the at least one groove is a plurality of grooves.
24 . The gutter guard device of claim 22 , wherein a first cross- sectional profile of the at least one groove has a shape of at least one of a hexagon, half-hexagon, triangle, box, sinusoid, off center, dip, and V.
25 . The gutter guard device of claim 24 , wherein a second cross- sectional profile of the at least one groove has a different shape than the first cross-sectional profile's shape.
26 . The gutter guard device of claim 25 , wherein a second cross- sectional profile of the at least one groove has a different size than a size of the first cross-sectional profile's shape.
27 . The gutter guard device of claim 22 , wherein a first groove of the at least one groove is in a reversed orientation to a second groove of the at least one groove.
28 . The gutter guard device of claim 22 , wherein an end profile of the at least one groove forms a train of angled line segments.
29 . The gutter guard device of claim 28 , wherein the train includes a curved segment.
30 . The gutter guard device of claim 1 , further comprising a trough disposed between the opposing gutter lip side end of the bridge member and the gutter attachment member.
31 . The gutter guard device of claim 30 , wherein the trough contains at least one screened window.
32 . A gutter guard device comprising:
a unitary member having a roof attachment portion, a bridge portion and a gutter attachment portion,
wherein the bridge portion is made of a non-mesh material and has a plurality of orifices, and a unitary at least one truss disposed on a top surface of the bridge portion to enable the gutter guard device to be self-supporting over a gutter, wherein the at least one truss is formed from a continuous main fold of the unitary member,
wherein the bridge portion is disposed between the roof attachment portion and the gutter attachment portion; and
a secondary fold of the continuous main fold is disposed at the roof attachment portion and gutter attachment portion, flattening terminal ends of the continuous main fold.
33 . A gutter guard device comprising:
a bridge member having a non-mesh decking material with a plurality of orifices and a top surface, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side; and
at least one truss having a length spanning at least a portion of the top surface, the at least one truss being unitary and formed from a continuous main fold of an entirety of the bridge member, and having a secondary fold of the continuous main fold at terminal ends of the continuous main fold to flatten the at least one girder at the roof side and gutter lip side,
wherein the bridge member and the at least one truss are a single piece of material and the gutter guard device is self-supporting.