Supports – Eaves trough – Wall bracket
Reexamination Certificate
1999-03-26
2001-04-03
Braun, Leslie A. (Department: 3632)
Supports
Eaves trough
Wall bracket
C248S073000, C248S231900, C248S300000, C052S011000, C052S713000, C052S702000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06209826
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a gutter hanger assembly. More specifically, the assembly is of the type which includes a hanger and a fastener held in the hanger in proper attitude to be engaged by an installing tool without the need for separately supporting the fastener during the attachment to a building.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The prior art is replete with gutter hangers, some of which provide for fastener elements. One of the most common hangers has been the nail and ferrule type in which a ferrule is disposed between the front and rear walls of the gutter, and a nail is driven through the front wall, through the ferrule, through the rear wall and into the frieze board or fascia of the building structure. An example is shown in the old patent to Peal U.S. Pat. No. 1,940,369 issued Dec. 19, 1993.
There have also been strap type hangers wherein a brace extends across the top of the gutter and is centrally apertured to receive a hanger, an example being shown in the old Tangard U.S. Pat. No. 1,701,087 issued Feb. 5, 1929.
With the development of the “Ogee” gutter, hangers have sometimes comprised a bracket having a hook on its outer end adapted to engage into the reentrant pocket of the upper end of the front wall of the gutter. An inverted U-shaped clip has slipped over the top edge of the rear wall of the gutter, an example being shown in Sauder U.S. Pat. No. 3,416,760 issued Dec. 17, 1968.
More recently, the Odekirk U.S. Pat. No. 4,294,422 issued Oct. 13, 1981 discloses a gutter hanger comprising an “Ogee” bead engaging hook at its outer end and a clip at its inner end, the hanger body being zig-zag-shaped adjacent the clip and pierced to hold a nail in proper position for driving into the fascia board. This arrangement clearly requires extra material to hold the nail. The positioning appurtenance becomes part of the structural support after the hanger is installed.
An earlier patent to Ramser U.S. Pat. No. 3,053,491 issued Sep. 11, 1962, includes in the hanger an upstruck tab which may support an end of the nail at a proper driving angle. Ramser, however, does not contemplate holding means for the nail, merely a notched support for the nail once the gutter assembly is complete.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has for its object a hanger assembly which includes a substantially supported screw fastener held on the hanger body from factory-to-installer. The screw is held in the proper attitude for driving. The hanger assembly comprises a hanger body having a hook at one end adapted to engage the “Ogee” bead, and at the other end, an inverted U-shaped clip adapted to clip over and engage a rear wall of the gutter. The hanger body also includes a pair of upstruck tabs not part of the structural support. The tabs have openings at their tops adapted to semi-permanently support the fastener at an angle appropriate for driving toward and through the clip and rear wall of the gutter and into the fascia board. As the fastener head moves toward the clip, it pulls out of the opening of the first tab, engages the second tab and crimps the second tab against the clip to serve as a washer and a reinforcement to better support the hanger and gutter.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1573449 (1926-02-01), Rachlin
patent: 1940369 (1933-12-01), Peal
patent: 2895694 (1959-07-01), Graving et al.
patent: 3053491 (1962-09-01), Ramser
patent: 3416760 (1968-12-01), Sauder
patent: 4210301 (1980-07-01), Weiss
patent: 4294422 (1981-10-01), Odekirk
patent: 4345731 (1982-08-01), Rowe
patent: 5004191 (1991-04-01), Corry
patent: 5570860 (1996-11-01), Schoenherr
patent: 5737879 (1998-04-01), Sweet
Braun Leslie A.
Hoopes Dallett
Wujciak, III A. Joseph
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