CPC E04D 13/076 (2013.01) [E04D 13/064 (2013.01); E04D 13/068 (2013.01)] | 40 Claims |
1. A gutter guard device comprising:
a bridge member composed of a sheet of micro-mesh decking material having a plurality of orifices therein, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side;
at least one truss, having a height and a width, wherein the height is greater than the width, protruding upward from and disposed on a top surface of the bridge member, wherein the at least one truss spans at least a portion of a distance from a proximal end of the roof side to a proximal end of the gutter lip side, and wherein the at least one truss is a formed of a complete fold of the entire bridge member to where a bottom surface of the bridge member is substantially continuous across a bottom width of the at least one truss;
a roof attachment member attached to an end section of the roof side and configured to attach to a roof; and
a gutter attachment member attached to an end section of the gutter lip side and configured to attach to a gutter lip,
wherein the device is self-supporting due to strengthening from the at least one truss.
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