Receptacle for paint roller
OwnerJoseph F. Heisler, III, Michael Heisler +1inventors
InventorsJoseph F. Heisler, III, Michael Heisler, Christopher Lanagan
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Abstract
A receptacle for a paint roller includes: a tray having a base, an open top, two opposed side walls, a front wall, and a rear wall defining a cavity configured to receive the paint roller, wherein at least one groove is formed in at least one of the two opposed side walls, the groove configured to receive a portion of a handle of the paint roller; and a coupler extending from the front wall, the coupler having a channel configured to removably couple to a rim of a paint container, the channel having a length that is less than half of a length of the front wall.
Claims19
A receptacle for a paint roller having a roller cover, a frame, and a handle, the receptacle comprising:
- a tray having a base, an open top, two opposed sidewalls, a front wall, and a rear wall defining a cavity configured to receive the paint roller, wherein said tray comprises a cut-out at an upper rim of the tray and a vertically oriented groove below said cut-out formed along an exterior of one of the sidewalls of the tray,
- wherein said cut-out is configured to accommodate a first portion of a paint roller frame and the groove is configured to seat a second portion of the paint roller frame, such that when the roller cover is accommodated within the tray, the paint roller handle is oriented vertically downward outside of the receptacle;
- a coupler extending from the front wall, the coupler having a channel configured to removably couple to a rim of a paint container, the channel having a length that is less than half of a length of the front wall;
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- an abutment extending from the front wall below the coupler, the abutment configured to contact a side of the paint container when the receptacle is coupled to the paint container.
A receptacle for a paint roller having a roller cover, a frame, and a handle, the receptacle comprising:
- a tray having a cavity configured to receive the paint roller, wherein said tray comprises a cut-out at an upper rim of the tray and a vertically oriented groove below said cut-out formed along an exterior sidewall of the tray,
- wherein said cut-out is configured to accommodate a first portion of a paint roller frame and the groove is configured to seat a second portion of the paint roller frame, such that when the roller cover is accommodated within the tray, the paint roller handle is oriented vertically downward outside of the receptacle;
- a coupler extending from the tray, the coupler having a channel configured to removably couple to a rim of a paint container;
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- an abutment extending from the tray below the coupler, the abutment configured to contact a side of the paint container when the receptacle is coupled to the paint container.
A receptacle for a paint roller having a roller cover, a frame, and a handle, the receptacle comprising:
- a tray having a base, an open top, two opposed sidewalls, a front wall, and a rear wall defining a cavity configured to receive the paint roller, wherein said tray comprises a cut-out at an upper rim of the tray and a vertically oriented groove below said cut-out formed along an exterior of one of the sidewalls of the tray,
- wherein said cut-out is configured to accommodate a first portion of a paint roller frame and the groove is configured to seat a second portion of the paint roller frame, such that when the roller cover is accommodated within the tray, the paint roller handle is oriented vertically downward outside of the receptacle;
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- a coupler extending from the front wall, the coupler having a channel configured to removably couple to a rim of a paint container, the channel having a length that is less than half of a length of the front wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.