ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,858, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GUTTERGLOVE INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Corrugated mesh gutter leaf preclusion system" was invented by Robert C. Lenney (Lincoln, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Corrugated fine mesh material is configured to be located overlying a gutter. The fine mesh material has an upper edge opposite a lower edge with the upper edge configured to fit beneath shingles on a roof adjacent the gutter. The lower edge is configured to be held to a lip at a forward edge of the gutter. The corrugations add strength to the material and collect water at troughs thereof where the collected water more readily forms...