Universally adjustable paint roller
OwnerGregory J. Ampianinventor
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Abstract
A universally adjustable paint roller in which the roller may be adjusted about three orthogonally disposed axes. The paint roller includes a roller head; a support arm having first and second ends with the roller head being rotatably supported on the first end; a handle for allowing a user to hold the paint roller; and a universal rotating mechanism for rotatably securing the support arm to the handle such that the roller head can be rotated with respect to the handle about three independent axes disposed orthogonally with respect to one another to enable the roller head to be universally adjustable, wherein the roller head is rotatable 360 .degree. about at least two of the axes. The paint roller further includes lock mechanisms for locking the rotating mechanism in a desired position.
Claims10
A universally adjustable paint roller, comprising:
- a roller head;
- a support arm having first and second ends, said roller head being rotatably supported on said first end;
- a handle for allowing a user to hold said paint roller;
- universal rotating means for rotatably securing said support arm to said handle, said rotating means being rotatable about three independent axes disposed orthogonally with respect to one another to enable said roller head to be universally adjustable;
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- lock means for locking said rotating means in a desired position, wherein said rotating means comprises:
- a first L-shaped coupling member having a first end extending along a first axis of said axes and a second end extending along a second axis of said axes, said second end of said support arm being rotatably coupled to said first end of said first coupling member so as to be rotatable about said first axis;
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- a second coupling member having first and second ends, said first end of said second coupling member being rotatably coupled to said second end of said first coupling member such that said first coupling member is rotatable about said second axis, said second end of said second coupling member being rotatably coupled to said handle so as to rotatable about a third axis of said axes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.