James Daniel Horton

US Patent:

20170089071, Mar 30, 2017

Filed:

Sep 28, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/279115

Inventors:

- Norcross GA, US
James Buchanan Horton - Cumming GA, US

International Classification:

E04D 13/076
B21D 53/80
E04D 13/00

Abstract:

A gutter guard apparatus and method of making the same is disclosed. In some embodiments, the gutter guard apparatus is made from at least two different types of materials, thereby enabling, for example, lighter weight, non-conductive plastics that are best suited for coupling to an existing rooftop gutter system in a corrosion preventing manner to be employed while at the same time providing for a central portion spanning the gutter opening made from a more durable material (e.g., lightweight expanded metals). The gutter guard apparatus may be manufactured by a variety of means, including a desirable, low-cost, and highly effective co-extrusion process through which end portions are extruded from raw materials of different colors into desired configurations and simultaneously extruded onto and effectively integrated with the central portion formed from a different material, thereby creating a unitary gutter guard apparatus that desirably incorporates two or more materials.