Paint roller attachment device

An attachment device for facilitating the use and/or storage of a paint roller handle or the like which handle is adapted to carry a roller or the like at one of its ends and which has a female threaded opening at the other end to receive the male threaded end of an extension handle, said attachment device comprising a body substantially shorter than the handle and having a male threaded end complimentary to the female threaded opening of the handle for screw attachment of said body to the handle and a hook portion extending from said body and configured to co-act with the edge of an associated paint tray when the associated handle is placed thereupon to retain the handle from rolling along the tray, said hook portion being sized and located so as not to interfere with the grasping of the handle by a user.