Paint roller stop device
OwnerTamàs Vancsura, George Dancuinventors
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Abstract
A stopper has an elongated body an upper edge and a lower edge displaced from one another along an extended axis that is essentially perpendicular to the upper edge and the lower edge. A weight attaches to the elongated arm essentially adjacent to the lower edge. An attachment assembly has an elongated shaft and a fastener for attaching the elongated shaft to the frame support member in an essentially overlying relation thereto with a proximal end being closer to the handle than the distal end. The stopper pivotally attaches to the elongated shaft distal end between the upper edge and the lower edge with the weight balancing the rotation of the stopper relative to the elongated shaft to maintain a constant angle between the stopper elongated body extended axis and the surface.
Claims20
A paint roller frame assembly for preventing unwanted contact of a paint roller with a surface adjacent to a surface being painted, the paint roller frame assembly comprising:
- a frame having a handle and a support member extending therefrom, and
- a stop device having a stopper, a weight, and an attachment assembly,
- wherein the stopper has an elongated body, an upper edge, and a lower edge, with the upper edge and the lower edge being displaced from one another and being essentially perpendicular to an extended axis along the length of the elongated body,
- wherein the weight is attached to the elongated body essentially adjacent to the lower edge
- wherein the attachment assembly has an elongated shaft and a fastener for attaching the elongated shaft to the frame support member in an essentially overlying relation thereto with a proximal end being closer to the handle than the distal end, and
- wherein the stopper pivotally attaches to the elongated shaft distal end between the upper edge and the lower edge with the weight balancing the rotation of the stopper relative to the elongated shaft to maintain a constant angle between the stopper elongated body extended axis and the surface.
A method for assembling a stop device for use with a paint roller frame to prevent unwanted contact of a paint roller with a surface adjacent to a surface being painted, wherein the frame includes a handle and a support member extending therefrom, the method comprising:
- mounting an elongated shaft to the frame support member in an essentially overlying relation thereto with a proximal end being closer to the handle than the distal end,
- pivotally attaching a stopper having an elongated body, an upper edge, and a lower edge, with the upper edge and the lower edge being displaced from one another and being essentially perpendicular to an extended axis along the length of the extended body to the elongated shaft distal end between the upper edge and the lower edge, and
- attaching a weight to the stopper elongated body lower edge to balance the rotation of the stopper relative to the elongated shaft to maintain a constant angle between the stopper elongated body extended axis and the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.