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An apparatus and method for cleaning overhead gutters. The apparatus includes two inverted J-shaped members connected by a hinge at the apex. Each J-shaped member has a scoop depending downwardly from the apex and a handle arm depending downwardly from the apex, the handle arm being longer than the

An apparatus and method for cleaning overhead gutters. The apparatus includes two inverted J-shaped members connected by a hinge at the apex. Each J-shaped member has a scoop depending downwardly from the apex and a handle arm depending downwardly from the apex, the handle arm being longer than the scoop. The J-shaped members are hinged such that rotating the handle arms toward each other causes the scoops to rotate toward each other thereby grasping debris therebetween. The scoops are pliable and ellipsoidal shaped and can have teeth or bristles. The hinge provides fulcrum type leverage for grasping and dislodging debris. The J-shaped members can be snapped into and out of the hinge. The gutter cleaner includes a coupling for connecting the cleaner to a garden hose through a valve. Water is channeled to a scoop where a baffle directs the water into the scoop and under debris to dislodge and consolidate debris. The handle arms include slidable hand grips, and extension arms can be connected to the handle arms. A pivot joint can be connected between a handle arm and an extension arm. A mirror can be mounted near the apex of the gutter cleaner. The method includes rotating the handle arms and scoops apart, discharging water into the scoops, sliding the gutter cleaner along the gutter to dislodge and accumulate debris in front of a scoop, rotating the scoops together to grasp the accumulated debris, and lifting the debris from the gutter.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A gutter cleaner comprising:a first member having a handle arm and a scoop that accumulates debris; anda second member having a handle arm and a scoop;the first and second members connected such that the scoops move toward each other to grasp debris as the handle arms are moved towa

[ I claim:] [1.] A gutter cleaner comprising:a first member having a handle arm and a scoop that accumulates debris; anda second member having a handle arm and a scoop;the first and second members connected such that the scoops move toward each other to grasp debris as the handle arms are moved toward each other;the first member shaped so as to depend downwardly below a gutter trough when the scoop of the first member is introduced into the gutter trough.