US 11,898,353 B2
Gutter guard with irregular grooves
Robert C. Lenney, Lincoln, CA (US)
Assigned to GUTTERGLOVE, INC., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed by GutterGlove, Inc., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/806,255.
Application 17/806,255 is a continuation of application No. 16/862,537, filed on Apr. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,384,544.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/841,387, filed on May 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325528 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04D 13/076 (2006.01); E04D 13/068 (2006.01); E04D 13/064 (2006.01)
CPC E04D 13/076 (2013.01) [E04D 13/064 (2013.01); E04D 13/068 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gutter guard device 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 irregular groove disposed in the decking material altering a profile of the deck material, wherein the at least one irregular groove has a length and a varying 3-dimensional geometry that spans the bridge member from near the roof side to near the gutter lip side, wherein a cross-sectional width of the at least one irregular groove varies along its length;
a roof attachment member disposed adjacent to the roof side of the bridge member; and
a gutter attachment member disposed adjacent to the the gutter lip side of the bridge member;
wherein the at least one irregular groove enables the gutter guard device to be self-supporting.