ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,912, issued on Feb. 17.
"Rain gutter paint sleeve" was invented by James Potts (Gladstone, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rain gutter paint sleeve made of a smooth, flexible polymer sleeve that is frictionally fit over an existing K-style gutter of various sizes from a K4 to a K6, prior to spray painting a house. It is designed with an inward biased front face provided by a front bottom corner formed at an acute angle. The sleeve frictionally contacts the rain gutter at the rear back corner, the bottom face front corner, the front face bottom corner and the front face. It is intended to be sold in four-foot lengths and in pack...