US Patent Issued to Independence Materials Group on March 18 for "Gutter system having a gutter, bracket, and cover, and method of installing the gutter system" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,884, issued on March 18, was assigned to Independence Materials Group LLC (Virginia Beach, Va.).

"Gutter system having a gutter, bracket, and cover, and method of installing the gutter system" was invented by William A. Gantt (Blair, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gutter system having a gutter, a plurality of brackets, and a cover. The plurality of brackets comprise a support portion and a connector portion for operatively coupling the bracket to the gutter and the cover. The support portion comprises a cover support portion that is operatively coupled to a contoured nose of the cover and a gutter support portion that is oper...