Valley diverter for a gutter cover

Abstract

First and second wings are adapted to be mounted in end to end relation to one another at an angle conforming to an inside corner of a gutter cover on which they are adapted to be mounted, and in a position to receive water flowing off of a trough disposed between two roof slopes. Each wing is formed with a plurality of generally uniform, upwardly projecting ridges, a front anchoring flange and a rear anchoring flange.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A valley diverter for a gutter cover, said diverter comprising first and second wings adapted to be mounted in end to end relation to one another on the gutter cover at an angle conforming to an inside corner of said gutter cover; each of said wings being formed with a plurality of generally uniform, upwardly projecting ridges, a front anchoring flange and a rear anchoring flange  20 ; each of said ridges and front and rear anchoring flanges extending substantially the entire length of said wing.  
     
     
         2 . The valley diverter according to  claim 1 , wherein an angle of approximately forty-five degrees is provided between a free end of each wing and the rear flange thereof.  
     
     
         3 . The valley diverter according to  claim 1 , wherein each wing is formed from a single piece of aluminum alloy.  
     
     
         4 . The valley diverter according to  claim 1 , wherein an angle is provided between an adjoining end of each wing and the rear flange thereof, said angle being of a size to permit the wings to conform to the shape of the inside corner of the gutter cover.  
     
     
         5 . The valley diverter according to  claim 1 , wherein each wing is between twelve and twenty-four inches in length as measured along the rear mounting flange, and between three and six inches in width.  
     
     
         6 . The valley diverter according to  claim 5 , wherein each of the ridges projects upwardly from one of the front and rear mounting flanges a distance within a range of one-sixteenth to three-eighths of an inch.  
     
     
         7 . The valley diverter according to  claim 1 , wherein the number of ridges is within a range of three to ten.  
     
     
         8 . The valley diverter according to  claim 1 , wherein each ridge projects angularly outwardly toward the front flange.