Paint brush support

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1999-11-18

2001-02-27

Chin-Shue, Alvin (Department: 3634)

Supports: racks

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Article includes elongated portion

Reexamination Certificate

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06193080

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to supports for brushes or brooms.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many painters, professional and non-professional alike, reduce the lives of their paint brushes and rollers by improper handling. It is common, for example, for painters to drop their brushes and rollers in a bucket filled with solvent so that paint may be dissolved from brush bristles and roller naps. Unfortunately, the bristles and naps, bearing the weight of the associated brushes and rollers, tend to become permanently set in a bent or flattened condition making such difficult to use at a later time. Also, brushes and rollers tend to become fully submerged in solvent thus requiring a painter to plunge his hands into solvent for brush or roller retrieval.
To overcome these problems, devices for supporting paint brushes in containers have been proposed. Many of these devices have parts from which brushes are suspended by their handles so that only their bristles are held submerged in solvent. Most of these devices, however, are complex in their construction making such difficult to use and costly to acquire. Consequently, commercial acceptance of such devices has, heretofore, been limited.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In light of the problems associated with the known devices for supporting paint brushes in containers, it is a principal object of the invention to provide a device, adapted to support a plurality of paint brushes of in a solvent-carrying bucket, which is lightweight in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and dependable in use.
It is another object of the invention to provide a paint brush support of the type described which may be employed to suspend one or more paint rollers in a solvent-filled bucket without damage to the naps of the rollers.
Briefly, the support in accordance with this invention achieves the intended objects by featuring a frame having a pair of inverted, U-shaped members formed of stiff wire. The U-shaped members are joined at their upper ends in a crossed relationship. A plurality of hooks secured to the upper ends of the U-shaped members for hanging paint brushes and rollers.
The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become readily apparent upon further review of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.


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