Special receptacle or package – For a tool – Brush
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-29
2002-09-17
Gehman, Bryon P. (Department: 3728)
Special receptacle or package
For a tool
Brush
C015S247000, C150S161000, C206S209000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06450336
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to brush covers and more particularly pertains to a new protective painting utensil sleeve for preventing the drying out of painting utensils.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of painting utensil covers is known in the prior art. More specifically, painting utensil covers heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 2,485,068; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 329,144; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 350,234; U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,837,091; 4,847,939; and 4,384,382.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new protective painting utensil sleeve. The inventive device includes a protective painting utensil sleeve device comprising of a sheath. The sheath includes a first panel and a second panel. Each of the panels includes. a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge. The inventive device also includes a peripheral side wall extending between and integrally coupled to the first, the second and the third edges, such that an opening is defined between the fourth edges.
In these respects, the protective painting utensil sleeve according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of preventing the drying out of painting utensils.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of painting utensil covers now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new protective painting utensil sleeve construction wherein the same can be utilized for preventing the drying out of painting utensils.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new protective painting utensil sleeve apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the painting utensil covers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new protective painting utensil sleeve which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art painting utensil covers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a protective painting utensil sleeve device comprising a sheath. The sheath includes a first panel, and a second panel. Each of the panels includes a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge. The inventive device also includes a peripheral side wall extending between and integrally coupled to the first, the second, and the third edges, such that an opening is defined between the fourth edges.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new protective painting utensil sleeve apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the painting utensil covers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new protective painting utensil sleeve which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art painting utensil covers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new protective painting utensil sleeve which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new protective painting utensil sleeve which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new protective painting utensil sleeve which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such protective painting utensil sleeve economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective painting utensil sleeve which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective painting utensil sleeve for preventing the drying out of painting utensils.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective painting utensil sleeve which includes a protective painting utensil sleeve device comprising a sheath. The sheath includes a first panel, and a second panel. Each of the panels includes a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge. The inventive device also includes a peripheral side wall extending between and integrally coupled to the first, the second, and the third edges, such that an opening is defined between the fourth edges.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective painting utensil sleeve that removes the cumbersome need of cleaning the painting utensil cover after each use, by using a cover that is disposable.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective painting utensil sleeve that eliminates the need to wash a painting utensil between uses by creating a seal that prevents the painting utensils from drying out.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a new protective painting utensil sleeve that can be used with any type of paint.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a new protective painting utensil sleeve that can be utilized with a plurality of painting utensils, such as a paintbrush, a paint roller or a painting pad.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a new protective painting utensil sleeve that can be utilized prior to using a painting utensil to prevent the
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