ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,137, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to GUTTERGLOVE INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Self-supporting bi-directional corrugated mesh leaf preclusion device" was invented by Robert C. Lenney (Lincoln, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roof gutter for the purpose of keeping small debris out of the gutter and allowing rainwater to pass into the gutter. The covering is comprised of a water permeable, weather resistant mesh having apertures of a pre-determined size for passing water, the mesh sized to substantially cover a rain gutter; corrugations formed in the mesh; a debris collection first trough disposed along a longitudinal axis of the...