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Apparatus for holding a rain gutter having a strip running the length of the gutter. The strip may be nailed to the side of a building. The strip has an internal cavity running the length of the strip. The strip has an entrance opening to the cavity. The lower part of the strip includes a hook which

Apparatus for holding a rain gutter having a strip running the length of the gutter. The strip may be nailed to the side of a building. The strip has an internal cavity running the length of the strip. The strip has an entrance opening to the cavity. The lower part of the strip includes a hook which cooperates with a hook at the upper end of one leg of a U-shaped gutter to suspend that leg of the gutter from the strip. The other leg of the U-shaped gutter is held in place by a series of cantilever beams. Each cantilever has a bar on one end that locks into the cavity in the strip. The cantilever projects through the entrance opening of the cavity and extends above the U-shaped gutter to support one of the legs of the U-shaped gutter. The strip with its cavity and opening acts as a socket into which the cantilevers with their associated bars may be inserted as required.

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A gutter and apparatus for positioning the same, comprising: positioning means for attachment to the side of a building for holding the gutter in place, said positioning means including first gutter holding means, said gutter comprising an upwardly extending gutter wall to be positioned alongside sa

A gutter and apparatus for positioning the same, comprising: positioning means for attachment to the side of a building for holding the gutter in place, said positioning means including first gutter holding means, said gutter comprising an upwardly extending gutter wall to be positioned alongside said side of said building, said first gutter holding means holding said gutter wall in place, said gutter having a second upwardly extending wall spaced farther away from the building than said first-named wall, said second upwardly extending wall having an upper end, said positioning means having first and second walls, said first wall being adjacant said side of the building and said second wall spaced farther from the building than the first wall, said second wall defining an opening extending through said second wall, a cantilever arm extending from said cavity, through said opening, and above said gutter, and supporting the upper end of said second upwardly extending wall of said gutter, the portion of said cantilever arm that is in said cavity having an end in said cavity that is enlarged vertically to comprise an enlargement that is higher in the vertical direction than the vertical height of said opening but shorter in the vertical direction than said cavity, said enlargement having upper and lower ends so that the downward force of the gutter on said cantilever arm will force said upper end of said enlargement against a portion of said second wall of said positioning means and will force said lower end of said enlargement against said first wall of said positioning means, whereby to hold said enlargement in place in said cavity, said portion of said second wall being above said opening.