Supports – Eaves trough – Wall bracket
Patent
1997-06-17
1999-03-23
Braun, Leslie A.
Supports
Eaves trough
Wall bracket
248 481, E04D 13072
Patent
active
058848762
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
THIS INVENTION relates to a bracket assembly and in particular a bracket assembly for supporting a roof gutter.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Brackets for supporting roof gutters usually are generally U shaped having an upright section for attachment to a fascia and a gutter support arm for engagement with an adjacent peripheral edge of the roof gutter.
When such brackets are mounted along a fascia, the supporting arm of each bracket must be spaced relative to the supporting arms of other gutter brackets to provide sufficient gutter support. Each arm must also be positioned such that gutters supported therefrom are supported in an inclined longitudinal orientation to allow for water drainage. This arrangement of the gutter and associated supporting brackets may be unsightly and visually displeasing, especially on long gutter runs where the drainage angle is noticeable.
To position a number of brackets along a fascia or the like such that they provide support and a drainage inclination is time consuming. Generally this is achieved by fixing a gutter bracket at each end of a gutter run and stretching a string line therebetween.
Subsequent intermediate brackets are then fixed to a support surface using the string line as a guide.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
It is an aim of the invention to overcome or alleviate some of the problems associated with the abovementioned prior art.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
According to one aspect of the invention there is provided an adjustable gutter bracket assembly including; means associated therewith to provide releasable attachment of said support arm to said mounting member in a plurality of height adjustment positions; and complementary engagement means associated therewith to provide releasable attachment of said cover attachment means to said support arm.
Preferably, said mounting member and said support arm each have corresponding surfaces or walls which are in substantial abutment when attached.
Suitably, said relative rotation is about an axis normal to the corresponding surface of said mounting member.
One of said complementary engagement means may be an elongate aperture which may have height adjustment corrugations or serrations comprising alternating notches and projections. Alternatively there may be provided spaced notches along each longitudinal edge of the elongate aperture.
The other one of said complementary engagement means may suitably comprise a pair of spaced lugs wherein preferably each lug includes an inner web and outwardly projecting tab which may be punched out of the support arm or the mounting member. Suitably, each tab has free ends which are of opposite orientation.
The elongate aperture may be located in one of the mounting member or the support arm with the lugs being provided in the other of said mounting member or support arm. Preferably, however the elongate aperture is provided in the mounting member and the lugs are located in the support arm.
Preferably, the mounting member has spacing means associated therewith to allow at least part of the mounting member to be spaced from a roof fascia when said mounting member is attached to said fascia. To this end the mounting member may have one or more and preferably a pair of peripheral longitudinal flanges and a spaced intermediate part incorporating said elongate aperture.
Preferably, each peripheral longitudinal flange has mounting apertures therein.
Most preferably, the mounting member is a mounting plate and the support arm includes an inner end section attachable to the mounting plate. The support arm may also include an intermediate section and an outer end section.
The further complementary engagement means may be of a similar nature to that as described above, wherein one of said further complementary engagement means is associated with the cover attachment member and the other of said further complementary engagement means is associated with the outer end section of the support arm.
Suitably, the cover attachment member has spacer means for spacing said on
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Baxter Gwendolyn
Braun Leslie A.
Keytown Pty Ltd
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