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US 2006/0123577 A1Published application
Apparatus for applying protective coatings to deck and stair balusters
OwnerDean Lusterinventor
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Applying protective coatings to deck and stair rails is not a desirable undertaking. The painting of decks with standard brushes and foam filament brushes is a time consuming task. The spacing of balusters makes the use of spray equipment impractical. The polygonal cross-sections of the balusters do not lend themselves to the use of paint rollers or painting pads. The application of protective coatings to balusters, then, has generally been a tedious operation. Herein a family of coatings applicators is provided for deck and stair balusters. The applicators include elongated rods connected at one end to form tongs. The other ends carry base plates so configured that they contact baluster surfaces when the user forces these tong ends toward each other. Paint pads are attached to the base plates so that the baluster surfaces can be readily coated.
As a coatings applicator, a pad assembly for coating surfaces of deck and stairway balusters, the assembly including first and second elongated rods movably connected to each other at one end to form tongs, the tongs thereby having two opposite free ends, and tong members there between that can be manually grasped by a user and squeezed to enable the user to force the opposite free ends toward each other, a plurality of base plates having inner and outer surfaces, means for attaching the base plates to the opposite tong member free ends, the base plates being so configured that when the user forces the opposite tong member free ends toward each other the base plates contact baluster surfaces, and paint pads attached to the inner surfaces of the base plates to coat those baluster surfaces.
A coatings applicator for coating sides of deck and stairway balusters having polygon cross sections comprising in kit form:
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