An apparatus for attachment to a gutter system that includes a mounting assembly and a light fixture. The mounting assembly including a light mount and capable of being fixedly attached to a gutter. The light fixture including at least one section for receiving the light mount.

An apparatus for attachment to a gutter system that includes a mounting assembly and a light fixture. The mounting assembly including a light mount and capable of being fixedly attached to a gutter. The light fixture including at least one section for receiving the light mount.

A one-piece shield for temporarily covering the upper inlet of a downspout. The shield includes a single sheet of resilient material, with a pair of tabs that cooperate with a slot in the sheet. The sheet is rolled up to create a tubular portion. One of the tabs is turned into the tubular portion to block the passage into the tubular portion, and the other tab cooperates with the slot to keep the device rolled up, so that the tubular portion blocks entry of debris into the downspout. The device is unrolled after use, and stored flat.

This is a gutter, downspout and mounting system arranged such that the gutter is supported in hinge-like fashion and can, without climbing, easily be flipped more or less upside down thus dumping its leaves and other debris to the ground and exposing its insides for further cleaning from the ground with a water hose and suitable nozzle. An easy way is also provided for moving the downspout out of the way before the gutter is inverted. Attempts by others to prevent debris from entering gutters tend to also obstruct the rain water from entering, particularly where trees are present, and their designs make the always dangerous cleaning process even more difficult. This invention solves the problem.

This is a gutter, downspout and mounting system arranged such that the gutter is supported in hinge-like fashion and can, without climbing, easily be flipped more or less upside down thus dumping its leaves and other debris to the ground and exposing its insides for further cleaning from the ground with a water hose and suitable nozzle. An easy way is also provided for moving the downspout out of the way before the gutter is inverted. Attempts by others to prevent debris from entering gutters tend to also obstruct the rain water from entering, particularly where trees are present, and their designs make the always dangerous cleaning process even more difficult. This invention solves the problem.

There is provided a gutter assembly comprising: a gutter and a gutter guard. The gutter has a front portion including an outwardly inclined segment and a front inverted hook member defining an inward recess. The gutter guard is engageable with the gutter to cover an opening thereof. The gutter guard includes a front portion operatively engageable with the front portion of the gutter. The front portion comprises a recess-engaging portion and an inclined segment abutting portion, the recess-engaging portion being insertable in the inward recess and abuttable against the front inverted hook member with the inclined segment abutting portion abutting against the outwardly inclined segment when the recess-engaging portion is inserted in the inward recess with a rear portion of the gutter guard extends spaced-apart from a bottom wall of the gutter even if unattached to a rear portion of the gutter. There is also provided a method for mounting a gutter assembly to a supporting surface.

The embodiments are apparatuses, systems and methods of water management and icicle prevention for solar carports, and are designed to catch drips between rows of, and water run-off from, the low side of inclined photovoltaic modules arranged to form the roof of the solar carport or canopy.

The invention is a continuous gutter guard manufacturing process and a one-piece gutter guard article made therefrom which crimps a wire mesh filtration screen within the recesses of upper and lower supports of the one-piece gutter guard article. The wire mesh filtration screen has no underlying support, which is characteristic of a one-piece gutter guard construction. The upper and lower edges of the mesh filtration screen remain in a planar, non-embossed state, such that any ridges or patterns embossed into the screen do not follow into the portion of the screen that is crimped within the upper and lower supports of the gutter guard. This construction prevents the formation of debris pockets which can significantly reduce the performance of a one-piece gutter guard.

The invention is a continuous gutter guard manufacturing process and a one-piece gutter guard article made therefrom which crimps a wire mesh filtration screen within the recesses of upper and lower supports of the one-piece gutter guard article. The wire mesh filtration screen has no underlying support, which is characteristic of a one-piece gutter guard construction. The upper and lower edges of the mesh filtration screen remain in a planar, non-embossed state, such that any ridges or patterns embossed into the screen do not follow into the portion of the screen that is crimped within the upper and lower supports of the gutter guard. This construction prevents the formation of debris pockets which can significantly reduce the performance of a one-piece gutter guard.

An assembly having a longitudinal webbed base plate, upright webbed diverter (e.g. “V”-shaped) and coupling stabilizer and brace arms that assemble to extend from a roof above typical snow cover depths to protect downstream appliances protruding from the roof from snow/ice slide damage. The base plate and/or stabilizer arm includes surfaces shaped to promote the scoring and shearing of a snow/ice slide prior to the sheared sections of the snow/ice being laterally displaced away from a downstream appliance via the upright diverter. Alternative serrated, saw tooth, pointed, spiked and wedged shear surfaces are formed into the base plate and/or a single or multi-section stabilizer arm. An appliance cover piece can be fitted to the upright diverter and suspended above the downstream appliance.