Paint Can Holster
OwnerDarrell Andrew Joyeinventor
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a Paint Can Holster that securely holds a standard one-gallon paint can at the waist of the user. The paint can may be placed into the holster from the horizontal direction allowing the user to easily holster and unholster paint cans while wearing the invention. The holster further features a paintbrush holder that positions the bristles of the brush directly over or into the paint can to avoid dripping paint. The paint can holster further features a swiveling mechanism that allows the user to ascend and descend a ladder and to make a wide range of motions without tilting the paint can over and spilling paint.
Claims19
A Paint Can Holster comprising:
- a. A flat panel with a side facing-the-user, a side opposite-the-user, a top end when said flat panel is oriented in the vertical plane, and a bottom end when said flat panel is oriented in the vertical plane;
- b. Two arms attached to the flat panel on the side opposite-the-user and extending outward roughly perpendicular from the flat panel to an end of each arm, said two arms each curved into a semi-circle and spaced in width an appropriate distance to accept a cylindrical shaped object such as a paint can;
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- c. A base plate, attached to the flat panel at the bottom end and extending outward from the side opposite-the-user roughly perpendicular from the flat panel, with a horizontal surface facing toward the two arms and providing support for the cylindrical shaped object.
A Paint Can Holster comprising:
- a. A L-shaped angle bracket with a long leg in the vertical plane and a short leg in the horizontal plane;
- i. Where the long leg of the L-shaped angle bracket has a side facing-the-user, a side opposite-the-user, a top end, and a bottom end from which the short leg extends outward from the side opposite-the user;
- ii. Where the short leg in the horizontal plane has a surface facing upward towards the top end of the long leg and designed to support an object from below;
- b. Two arms attached to the long leg on the side opposite-the-user and extending outward roughly perpendicular from the long leg and roughly parallel to the short leg to an end of each arm, said two arms each curved into a semi-circle and spaced in width an appropriate distance to accept a cylindrical shaped object;
- c. Two caps, one on the end of each arm, where said caps may be a protective coating applied to the arm or may be a separate material which slides onto the arm;
- d. A flat plate attached to the long leg on the side facing-the-user and connected by a swivel to a second flat plate such that the plates turn independently;
- e. Two spacers, elongated in shape, sized to fit parallel to each other on the second flat plate leaving a gap large enough for a belt to fit smoothly between the two spacers, and attached to the second flat plate opposite the swivel;
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- f. A flat belt plate, roughly the same dimensions of the second flat plate, attached to the two spacers that are attached to the second flat plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.