Gutter system and flexible guard means therefor

Claim 1

A GUTTER GUARD FOR SERVING FROM A ROLL SUPPLY AND PROTECTIVELY COVERING A ROOF GUTTER HAVING A REAR LONGITUDINAL EDGE PROXIMATE TO A SHINGLED ROOF AND A FRONT LONGITUDINAL EDGE DISTAL FROM SAID ROOF, SAID GUARD COMPRISING AN ELONGATED STRIP OF LIGHTWEIGHT, FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, SAID STRIP HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF PERFORATIONS ALONG ITS LENGTH AND EXTENDING FROM A FIRST LONGITUDINAL EDGE THEREOF PARTWAY ACROSS THE WIDTH OF SAID STRIP, SAID STRIP ALSO HAVING AN UNPERFORATED ZONE ADJACENT ITS OTHER LONGITUDINAL EDGE, SAID UNPERFORATED STRIP ZONE BEING SLID UNDER ROOF SHINGLES ADJACENT THE GUTTER AND SECURED TO SAID ROOF, WEIGHT MEANS SECURED ALONG SAID FIRST STRIP EDGE, THE WIDTH OF SAID PERFORATED PORTION OF SAID STRIP BEING RELATED TO THE WIDTH OF THE GUTTER SUCH THAT SAID FIRST STRIP EDGE LAYS OUT OVER AND HANGS DOWN UNDER GRAVITY FROM SAID FRONT EDGE OF THE GUTTER AND HOLDS SAID STRIP TAUT ACROSS THE TOP OF THE GUTTER ALL ALONG ITS LENGTH.