Gutter hanger

Claim 1

A ONE-PIECE SUPPORT AND HANGER FOR GUTTERS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT MOUNTING LEG; A MOUNTING APERTURE IN SAID LEG; AN ARM HAVING AN INVERTED SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED PORTION CONNECTED AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS TO ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SAID LEG AND ARM RESPECTIVELY; SAID U-SHAPED PORTION PROVIDING A RELATIVELY NARROW, SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL, DOWNWARDLY OPENING, SLOT-LIKE SPACE BETWEEN SAID LEG AND SAID ARM; THE BACK WALL OF SAID U-SHAPED PORTION HAVING A RELATIVELY SMALL PROTRUSION FORMING A DETENT EXTENDING FORWARDLY TOWARDS THE FRONT WALL THEREOF AND SPACED THEREFROM; AND AN INTEGRAL REARWARDLY TURNED LIP ON THE FORWARD EXTREMITY OF SAID ARM TO INTERLOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FORWARDLY TURNED FLANGE PROVIDED ON THE FRONT WALL OF A GUTTER TO FORM A FIRST CONNECTION THEREBETWEEN; THE RAISED FORWARDLY EXTENDING UPPER EDGE OF THE BACK WALL OF A GUTTER BEING INSERTABLE INTO THE AFORESAID SPACE BY SNAPACTION UPON COMPLETION OF THE FIRST CONNECTION TO PARTIALLY FILL THE SPACE DEFINED BY SAID U-SHAPED PORTION; SAID DETENT BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH THE BACK SIDE OF THE BACK WALL OF A GUTTER FOR URGING THE FRONT SIDE THEREOF INTO FRICTION LOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OPPOSITE FRONT WALL OF SAID U-SHAPED PORTION TO FORM A SECOND CONNECTION THEREBETWEEN; SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONNECTIONS BEING THE SOLE CONNECTIONS PROVIDED BETWEEN A GUTTER AND HANGER; SAID ARM CONSTITUTING A RIGID BRACE FOR A GUTTER, WITH THE END PORTIONS OF SAID ARM ENGAGING THE FRONT AND BACK WALLS OF A GUTTER TO HOLD THE WALLS IN A PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATIONSHIP.