ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,254, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to 1001234613 Ontario Inc. (Guelph, Canada).

"Eavestrough debris guard" was invented by Timothy Howard Neeb (Guelph, Canada), Tristan Zimmermann (Guelph, Canada) and Matthew Hadden (Guelph, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A debris guard for installation on an eavestrough is disclosed. The debris guard includes a frame having a back side, a front side, a length, two ends, a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a water collection portion extending from the front side to the back side and along the length of the frame between the two ends. The water collection portion inc...