Grid Paint Dipper
OwnerWillis Gerald Majorinventor
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A grid paint scooping device which is an article of manufacture comprising; a vertical elongated substantially flat grid which is partially immersed into a paint container with a handle at the top of said flat grid and attached at the bottom of the flat grid is an outwardly extending horizontal scooping reservoir which is substantially parallel to the bottom of said paint container during paint scooping events, wherein said grid paint scooping device uses said scooping reservoir for lifting a sufficient amount of paint out of the paint container for the purpose of saturating a roller cover with said paint in the reservoir and removing the excessive paint from the roller cover by use of said flat grid to allow the right amount of the paint to be evenly distributed on the surface of the roller cover before painting objects with the roller cover.
A grid paint scooping device comprising a roller cover wiping plate attached to a reservoir, wherein said reservoir is used to lift an adequate and sufficient amount of liquid out of a container to receive a roller cover by way of soaking said roller cover with said liquid inside of said reservoir so as not to have to dip said roller cover into liquid inside of said container, wherein once said roller cover is soaked with said liquid inside of said reservoir the roller cover can then be rolled across the surface of said roller cover wiping plate to remove the excessive liquid from the roller cover and to evenly distribute the liquid around the surface of the roller cover preventing unwanted liquid from dripping from the roller cover and dripping from roller cover attachments when using the roller cover to apply the liquid onto an object, wherein the liquid is selected from the group comprising, painting, staining, varnishing, joint compound, stucco, wall paper adhesive, cleaning, polishing, and washing liquids,
A painter's tool for use in a liquid holding container, the combination comprising;
A paint can scooper that has a handle attached to a grid plate dry section which sticks out of a container of paint and a grid plate wet section that sticks inside of said container of paint, at a right angle to said grid plate wet section is a flat scooping reservoir with side walls which is used to keep the paint inside of said flat scooping reservoir and a flat wall-less tongue extending beyond the scooping reservoir that is used to scoop up the paint in the container, said flat wall-less tongue having holes equally space over the surface of the tongue so that when lifting paint out of the container a paint roller can roll its cover over the surface of the tongue to remove excess paint without using said grid plat dry or wet section, the tongue having a curvature at the tip that is similar to the container's round curvature to allow for better paint scooping from the bottom of the container and once the reservoir is lifted out of the container of paint said paint roller can be place onto the reservoir surface to saturate the cover with paint and to removes excessive paint the roller cover can be rolled over the grid plate dry section to distribute the paint more evenly onto the cover while removing paint from the cover,
Claim of 1 wherein said grid paint scooping device has a handle attached to the top of said roller cover wiping plate and at the bottom of the roller cover wiping plate said reservoir is attached,
Claim of 1 wherein said roller cover wiping plate has two reservoirs with one reservoir attached to the back of the plate and another reservoir attached to the front of said roller cover wiping plate,
Claim of 1 wherein said roller cover wiping plate comprising a flat paint picking up wiping plate surface that is essentially 90 degree to said reservoir forming an L shape and when scooping paint out of a container of paint the reservoir is approximately held parallel to the bottom of said container of paint, where said reservoir is typically positioned in somewhat of a horizontal position while said roller cover wiper plate is positioned in somewhat of a vertical position,
Claim of 1 wherein said roller cover wiper plate is thin enough to fit between angled dual roller covers attached to a paint roller, the wiper plate is essentially flat and has a sufficient length of surface with minimal side walls to allow roller covers to roll across the wiper plate without interference from side walls, said roller cover'wiper plate that allows one of the said angled dual roller covers to roller across the front of the plate and the other angled dual roller cover to roll across the back of the wiper plate to remove excess paint from both angled dual roller covers that are attached to the same paint roller,
Claim of 1 wherein said grid paint scooping device may have a hook on the back side of said roller cover wiping plate for attaching the grid paint scooping device to the lid of a paint container,
Claim of 1 wherein said reservoir is made out of a hollow cylinder when dip in the paint the inner diameter of the hollow cylinder has its surface coated with paint and soaked with paint that when removed from the paint the paint roller can be inserted inside of the cylinder and rolled around the inside surface of the cylinder and the paint on the inner surface of the cylinder can be transferred to the outer surface of the roller cover, wherein when one end of the cylinder is enclosed a larger amount of paint can be held inside of the cylinder,
Claim of 1 further defined as a paint can scooping device comprising a handle and a scooping reservoir wherein the scooping reservoir has a grid like tongue with holes that the paint roller can roll over to remove excess paint from the roller cover, the scooping reservoir has a tray section without holes to contain a small amount of paint to apply to the roller cover after which the roller cover can be rolled onto the surface of said grid like tongue to remove the excess pain from the roller cover, whereby when holding onto said handle the reservoir can be lowered into a can of paint to retrieve a small amount of paint into said scooping reservoir for an adequate amount of paint coverage onto the roller cover when said scooping reservoir is lifted out of the paint can, said handle is used for maneuvering the scooping reservoir into and out of the paint and for holding the scooping device sturdy when the paint roller is placed in the scooping reservoir to be saturated with paint,
Claim of 1 further defined as a vertical paint distributing plate with a horizontal lip reservoir attached at the bottom of said vertical paint distributing plate for insertion into a paint container to lift paint out of said paint container with said horizontal lip reservoir so that a paint roller can be roller against the surface of the horizontal lip reservoir to soak the roller cover with paint and then the roller cover can be rolled against said vertical paint distributing plate to remove excess paint from the roller covers, where the paint distributing plate is made with a plurality of paint removing features comprising of holes to aid in the removal of paint from the paint roller cover, raised bumps to remove paint or raised lines equally space across the surface of the plate to aid in the removal of excess paint when the roller cover is rolled across the plate surface, said paint distributing plate having a latching mechanism to attach to the lid of a paint container,
Claim of 1 further defined as a paint scooping reservoir with side walls for retaining paint and an open tongue like a flat hoe for scooping paint from a paint container similar to how one would scoop ice cream using an ice cream dipper but said paint scooping reservoir is more fitted in a shape to not only scoop paint from said paint container but to also allow said paint scooping reservoir to apply the scoop of paint to paint roller covers, the scooping reservoir mainly lies in the horizontal plane such that when immersed in the container of paint an adequate amount of paint can sit in the reservoir, said paint scooping reservoir having a vertical grid plate attached above the scooping reservoir and a handle that is attached to the top of said grid plate, where the grid plate is used to remove excess paint from a paint cover when rolled over the surface of the grid plate and said handle used to maneuver said paint scooping reservoir to lift paint out of the container and to hold the reservoir sturdy when the paint cover rolls across the surface of the scooping reservoir to soak paint onto the cover and hold the unit sturdy while rolling the cover across the surface of the grid plate to remove excess paint from the cover,
Claim of 1 further defined as an article of manufacture, a device for lifting a sufficient amount of paint out of the top or bottom of a paint container, saturating a paint roller cover with said paint and removing excess paint from the paint roller cover comprising;
Claim of 1 further defined as an apparatus for lifting paint out of a paint can or container so that a paint roller can have paint applied by said apparatus and excess paint removed from the paint roller by said apparatus comprising;
Claim of 1 further defined as a grid paint scooping device which is an article of manufacture comprising a vertical elongated substantially flat grid which is partially immersed into a paint container with a handle at the top of said flat grid and attached at the bottom of the flat grid is an outwardly extending horizontal scooping reservoir which is substantially parallel to the bottom of said paint container during paint scooping events, wherein said grid paint scooping device uses said scooping reservoir for lifting a sufficient amount of paint out of the paint container for the purpose of saturating a roller cover with said paint in the reservoir and removing the excessive paint from the roller cover by use of said flat grid to allow the right amount of the paint to be evenly distributed on the surface of the roller cover before painting objects with the roller cover.
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