Paint palette and mounting system for same
AssigneeLintner Art Gear Limited
InventorPhilip Neil Candy
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Abstract
A paint palette mounting system comprising a docking portion (31) and a paint box (10), configurable to a paint palette. The system includes a first half (32) of a coupling feature at the docking portion for coupling with a second half (14) of the coupling feature located on the paint box/palette. The coupling feature is preferably comprised of complimentary stadium-shaped parts, with chamfered edges (37), that are separable by a twisting motion. The parts are held together by magnetic connections and/or a mechanical fixing element. The paint box/palette includes several overlapping lids (11, 18, 19) that unfold to provide paint mixing surfaces (17).
Claims17
A mounting system for a paint palette housing a multi-compartment paint tray, the mounting system comprising:
- a docking portion including a first half of a coupling feature, for docking with a second half of the coupling feature located on a paint palette, the coupling feature including mating chamfered edges carried on the docking portion and on the paint palette;
- wherein a shape of the first half of the coupling feature is configured for coupling with the like-shaped second half of the coupling feature, a magnetic connection operative between the first half and the second half of the coupling feature, the first and second halves of the coupling feature being configured such that a twisting and lifting motion of the mating chamfered edges of the docking portion relative to the paint palette will cause separation and breaking of the magnetic connection between the first half and the second half of the coupling feature.
A combination mounting system and container, the combination comprising:
- a mounting system comprising a docking portion including a first half of a coupling feature, for docking with a second half of the coupling feature located on a paint palette, the coupling feature including mating chamfered edges carried on the docking portion and on the paint palette, a shape of the first half of the coupling feature is configured for coupling with the like-shaped second half of the coupling feature, a magnetic connection operative between the first half and the second half of the coupling feature, the first and second halves of the coupling feature being configured such that a twisting and lifting motion of the mating chamfered edges of the docking portion relative to the paint palette will cause separation and breaking of the magnetic connection between the first half and the second half of the coupling feature;
- a container comprising a main compartment bounded by a cavity wall, the cavity wall including an inner hinge at at least one edge thereof;
- an inner lid, pivotally attached to the cavity wall at the inner hinge;
- an outer lid that, in a closed state, overlaps with the inner lid and covers the inner hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.