Gutter bracket with detachable front and back clips

Abstract

An improved gutter bracket assembly attached to exposed rafters for supporting a gutter provides increased strength as well as flexibility in attaching to various types of rafters by including a pair of flanges that attach to lateral sides of a rafter. Thereby, greater attachment strength is achieved than typical at the open grain of the rafter end. Attachable front and back clips provide secure attachment after initial placement of the gutter is made.

1 . A gutter bracket assembly for mounting a gutter to a rafter extension with at least one exposed lateral surface and a distal end surface, the gutter bracket assembly comprising: 
 a proximal flange portion attachable to the at least one exposed lateral surface;    a gutter support arm attached to the proximal flange portion, and extending distally beyond the distal end surface of the rafter extension a curved portion shaped to approximate a transverse undersurface of the gutter; and    a back clip attachable to a proximal end of the curved portion of the gutter support arm to secure an inner edge of the gutter.    
   
   
       2 . The gutter bracket assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the rafter extension has left and right exposed lateral surfaces and the first proximal flange portion is attached to the left exposed lateral surface, the gutter bracket assembly further comprising: 
 a second proximal flange portion attached to the right exposed lateral surface;    an attachment structure connecting distal portions respectively of the first and second proximal flange portions to the proximal end of the gutter support arm and to the back clip.    
   
   
       3 . The gutter bracket assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the distal end surface of the rafter extension is angled at a nonplumb orientation, the backclip further comprises an angled attachment to the gutter support arm to present a horizontal attachment portion to the inner edge of the gutter.  
   
   
       4 . The gutter bracket assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a front clip attachable to a distal end of the curved portion of the gutter support arm to secure an outer edge of the gutter.  
   
   
       5 . The gutter bracket assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the rafter extension has two exposed lateral surfaces, a first gutter bracket formed by the first proximal flange portion, first gutter bracket arm and first back clip, the gutter bracket assembly further comprising an identical second gutter bracket, the gutter bracket assembly further comprising a spaced attachment between a selected exposed lateral surface and the respective first and second proximal flange portions to space the respective first and second gutter support arms in parallel alignment for load distribution.  
   
   
       6 . A gutter bracket assembly for mounting a gutter to a rafter extension with two exposed lateral surfaces and a distal end surface, the apparatus comprising for each exposed lateral surface: 
 a proximal flange portion attachable to the at least one exposed lateral surface;    a plurality of spacing attachments securing the proximal flange portion in parallel, spaced alignment with the respective lateral surface of the rafter extension; and    a gutter support arm attached to the proximal flange portion, and extending distally beyond the distal end surface of the rafter extension.    
   
   
       7 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the gutter includes an inner aperture formed transversely through an inner upper lip and an outer aperture formed transversely through an outer upper lip, the gutter support arm passing through the inner and outer apertures to support the gutter.  
   
   
       8 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein each gutter support arm is curved to underlie the supported gutter.  
   
   
       9 . An apparatus for mounting a gutter to a rafter extension with at least one exposed lateral surface and a horizontal undersurface proximate to a distal end surface, the apparatus comprising: 
 a proximal flange portion attachable to the at least one exposed lateral surface; and    a gutter support arm attached to the proximal flange portion, and extending distally beyond the distal end surface of the rafter extension a curved portion shaped to approximate a transverse undersurface of the gutter.    
   
   
       10 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein the gutter support arm is attached to a bottom portion of the proximal flange portion, the gutter support arm further comprising a second attachment to the rafter extension distal to the proximal flange portion.  
   
   
       11 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the second attachment comprises a second proximal flange portion attachable to the at least one exposed lateral surface and having a bottom portion attached to the gutter support arm.  
   
   
       12 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the second attachment comprises an aft extending member attached to the distal end surface of the rafter extension.  
   
   
       13 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein proximal flange portion further comprises a distally projecting tab, the gutter support arm rotatably attachable to the project tab to horizontally position a supported gutter.  
   
   
       14 . The apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the tab further comprises a top hole and a bottom hole, the gutter support arm further comprising a proximal portion having a top hole registered to the top hole and a fixed radius slot registered to the bottom hole, further comprising fasteners that attach the tab to the proximal portion at a desired rotation angle.