US 12,320,121 B2
Stepped gutter guard
Robert C. Lenney, Lincoln, CA (US)
Assigned to GUTTERGLOVE, INC., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed by Gutterglove, Inc., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/351,459.
Application 18/351,459 is a continuation of application No. 17/806,485, filed on Jun. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,732,480.
Application 17/806,485 is a continuation of application No. 16/917,868, filed on Jun. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,391,047, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/869,053, filed on Jul. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0366207 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. E04D 13/076 (2006.01); E04D 13/064 (2006.01)
CPC E04D 13/076 (2013.01) [E04D 13/064 (2013.01)] 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A single piece, gutter guard for covering a gutter attached to a building, comprising:
a step section having a step section slope, a roof side and a trough side, having a plurality of connected steps from the roof side to the trough side, wherein each step having a tread and riser;
a trough having a trough slope, a floor, a step section side and a gutter lip side, the trough being integrally connected to a last step of the trough side of the step section and than a tread of the last step,
wherein the step section is elevated from the trough and the step section slope and trough slope are not equal to each other;
a gutter lip attachment section integrally coupled to the gutter lip side of the trough; and
a plurality of orifices disposed in the trough and in at least one of each tread and riser.