US 11,965,338 B2
Gutter guard with truss
Robert C. Lenney, Lincoln, CA (US)
Assigned to GUTTERGLOVE, INC., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed by GutterGlove, Inc., Roseville, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/864,144.
Application 16/864,144 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/862,537, filed on Apr. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,384,544.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/841,450, filed on May 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/841,387, filed on May 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/841,457, filed on May 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0347608 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04D 13/076 (2006.01); E04D 13/064 (2006.01); E04D 13/068 (2006.01)
CPC E04D 13/076 (2013.01) [E04D 13/064 (2013.01); E04D 13/068 (2013.01)] 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.