Paint Tray for Use with Rollers and Brushes
OwnerMartin Todd Tracyinventor
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Abstract
A paint delivery tool or paint tray, suitable for use in a paint bucket, includes a paint roller grid mounted to a shelf that includes an auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket intended for separate use with a paint brush. The upper shelf includes a semicircular rim and lip for mounting the tool or paint tray to the top of a circular bucket. The paint roller grid extends from an opposite straight edge of the shelf and downward into the paint bucket. A paint roller and a paint brush can then be stored and used separately to reduce waste, messes and clean up. The paint roller grid and the shelf can be an integral one piece member, and they can be joined by a living hinge if molded as a plastic member.
Claims20
A paint delivery tool insertable in a paint bucket for use with a paint roller to apply paint to a structure, the paint delivery tool comprising:
- a paint roller grid in which an array of openings are formed so that the grid evenly distributes paint on the paint roller moving along and engaging the paint roller grid;
- a shelf from which the paint roller grid extends, the shelf having a lip engagable with a rim of the paint bucket so that the paint roller grid can be suspended in the paint bucket;
- an auxiliary paint receptacle formed in the shelf beside the paint roller grid, the auxiliary paint receptacle having a volume sufficient to receive a paint brush in an upright position with paint bristles extending into paint disposed in the auxiliary paint receptacle;
- whereby paint can be separately contained in the paint bucket and the auxiliary paint receptacle so that a painter can both use and separately store the paint roller and the paint brush while painting the structure while reducing messiness and facilitating clean up.
A tray for use in a paint bucket and with a paint roller, the paint tray comprising:
- an upper section having a semicircular periphery with a lip configured to fit over a portion of a top edge of the paint bucket when the paint tray is mounted on top of the paint bucket;
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- a paint roller grid extending downward from the upper section from a straight edge, opposite from the semicircular periphery, with an array of openings formed on the paint roller grid so that the grid evenly distributes paint on the paint roller moving along the paint roller grid within the paint bucket when the upper section is mounted on top of the paint bucket.
A tray mountable on a bucket containing paint and for use with a paint roller and a paint brush, the paint tray comprising:
- an auxiliary paint receptacle on the tray but separate from the bucket, the auxiliary paint receptacle configured for positioning the paint brush in the auxiliary in an upright position;
- a paint roller grid extendable into the bucket when the tray is mounted on the bucket, the paint roller grid having an array of openings formed on the paint roller grid so that the grid evenly distributes paint on the paint roller moving along the paint roller grid within the paint bucket when a section including the auxiliary paint receptacle is mounted on top of the paint bucket;
- wherein a hinge joins a portion of the tray containing the auxiliary paint receptacle to the paint roller grid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.