IP Library Granted Patent US 9,765,523
Granted Patent B2
US 9,765,523 · App. 15/167,169 · Granted Sep 19, 2017

Rain gutter system

Inventor: Daniel Robert Martin (Marshville, NC)
Assignee: SUSTAINABLE GUTTER SYSTEMS, LLC
E04D13/076E04D13/0404E04D13/064E04D13/0641E04D13/0725
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Patent No.
US 9,765,523
App. No.
15/167,169
Granted
Sep 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rain gutter system including a gutter and at least one internal hanger, wherein the gutter includes a front wall and a back wall interconnected through a bottom and spaced-apart to cooperatively define a water-collecting channel therebetween, the front wall including a lip extending in the direction toward the back wall and a drip edge extending in a direction away from the back wall, the back wall extending upward vertically beyond the height of the front wall, and wherein the at least one hanger is positioned in the channel spaced-apart from the bottom and includes a forward flange extending upwardly from a base for being captured beneath the lip and a rear flange extending upwardly from the base and defining a support surface sloped in a direction toward the drip edge.

Claims (7)

1. A gutter system comprising:

a gutter including a front wall, a back wall, and an integrated drip edge extending from the front wall in a direction away from the back wall;

at least one hangar, wherein the at least one hangar includes a rear flange that is coplanar with the drip edge; and

a debris cover with a mesh screen, wherein the debris cover is supported by the drip edge in a downward sloped orientation of the drip edge.

2. The gutter system of claim 1 , wherein the debris cover is positioned at an angle of about 23 degrees with respect to horizontal.

3. The gutter system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one hanger is configured to be secured within the gutter and to support the debris cover in the downward sloped orientation of the drip edge.

4. The gutter system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one hanger and the drip cooperatively support the debris cover in the downward sloped orientation of the drip edge.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2016
From: MARTIN, DANIEL ROBERT
To: SUSTAINABLE GUTTER SYSTEMS, LLC
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 13863136 · Apr 15, 2013
Continuation In Part 12955974 · Nov 30, 2010
Provisional Application 61287058 · Dec 16, 2009
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