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US 3,945,490 AGranted
Covered artist palette apparatus
OwnerVivienne J. Thompsoninventor
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Abstract
An artist palette is provided which is easily held by the artist during mixing and applying paints and which may have a pad of disposable sheets of material carried thereon for mixing the paints upon. The palette has a removable cover which holds the palette pad in place and a cap for sealing the opening for holding the palette whereby the drying of mixed paint can be slowed for later use. The palette is designed to be easily stacked in a class or carried about by the artist.
Claims6
An artist palette comprising:
- a palette base having a flat portion and sides and an opening therethrough for grasping said base, said base having paint cups formed therein and a raised rim for holding a removable palette pad having a plurality of layers of sheet material, with said raised rim and said base forming a recessed area contoured to hold therein said removable palette pad;
- a removable cap for covering said opening in said base when said palette is being stored;
- a cover shaped to fit over said palette base, said cover having sides to fit over said base and sides and a ledge extending from said sides over said raised rim and over a portion of a removable palette pad placed on said base to hold said palette pad when said cover is attached to said palette base and said cover having additional sides extending from said ledge to form a raised cover portion whereby paint or the like on a palette pad will be held out of contact with said cover;
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- removable attaching means for attaching said cover to said palette base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.