US 12,234,650 B2
Downspout debris capture system and method
Eric Mackintosh, Tyler, TX (US); and Heath Hicks, Tyler, TX (US)
Filed by Eric Mackintosh, Tyler, TX (US); and Heath Hicks, Tyler, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,829.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/226,361, filed on Jul. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0034568 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. E04D 13/08 (2006.01); B01D 29/31 (2006.01); B01D 29/96 (2006.01)
CPC E04D 13/08 (2013.01) [B01D 29/31 (2013.01); B01D 29/96 (2013.01); E04D 2013/086 (2013.01); E04D 2013/0866 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for capturing debris from downspouts, said method comprising:
installing downspout debris collection devices to exits of downspouts of a gutter system for a building, wherein each of said downspout debris collection devices comprise an elastic band and a filtering portion comprising flexible netting extending from said elastic band to form a closed end, and wherein installation of said downspout debris collection devices includes, for each of the downspout debris collection devices, stretching a respective one of the elastic bands, placing the respective one of the elastic bands about a respective one the exits, and allowing the respective one of the elastic bands to compress about the respective one of the exits such that the downspout debris collection devices, thereby enclosing the exits with the downspout debris collection devices, wherein said one or more elastic bands are part of securing portions permanently attached to said filtering portion by sewing the elastic bands into a respective one of the securing portions, wherein each of said securing portions comprises a textured or rubberized surface along an interior surface thereof;
performing a construction activity at a roof of the building;
removing said downspout debris collection devices and debris collected therein from said downspouts; and
disposing of said debris collected in said downspout debris collection devices.