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US 2003/0224121 A1Published application
Paint applicator
OwnerDavid Karrollinventor
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Abstract
A paint applicator includes a paint roller having a bevelled nap at one end and a separator attached to or integral with the roller at one end. The roller is used with a pivotally adjustable handle.
Claims10
A paint applicator comprising:
- (a) a cylindrical roller sleeve having an exterior textured surface for applying paint to a surface, wherein said roller has a first end and a second end, and the textured surface at the second end is bevelled away from the second end;
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- (b) a separator attached to or forming part of the second end and having an outside surface, wherein said separator spaces the second end away from a non-painted surface which joins a surface to be painted at an angle.
A method of painting interior walls of a room having a ceiling, comprising the steps of:
- (a) using an cylindrical paint roller having an exterior textured surface for applying paint to a surface, wherein said roller has a first end and a second end, and the textured surface at the second end is bevelled back from the second end;
- a separator attached to or forming part of the second end;
- a pivotally adjustable elongated handle;
- (b) remaining near the centre of the room, painting the surfaces close to the ceiling by angling the handle such that the roller is substantially vertical and the separator touches the ceiling;
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- (c) painting the remainder of the interior walls where the walls come in close proximity to trims and or other surfaces not to be painted by adjusting the angle of the handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.