Paint bucket with inner paint implement attaching means

A paint bucket capable of holding one or more gallons of paint, said bucket comprising an open-top-end container, a lid engageable over said open-top-end, and attachment means on an inner surface of said lid for the retention of one or more paint applicating implement, said open-top-end container being a rectangular container having opposed parallel flat side walls, at least one said flat side wall having an uppermost side wall portion with a plurality of spaced transverse ribs projecting inwardly in said container to remove excess paint from a roller-type paint applicating implement, said side wall portion being an uppermost portion of one of said opposed side walls and being sloped outwardly of said one of said opposed side walls in a top portion thereof, a concavely curved lower section disposed below said uppermost portion and terminating in the direction of an opposed parallel side wall to said one of said opposed side walls, said curved lower section having a flat inner face and directing excess paint disposed between said ribs to a top surface of paint contained in said container, said lid having a peripheral side edge, said side edge having engaging means for sealing engagement with a contour edge of said open-top-end container, a through slot in a top edge of said bucket for accommodating passage of a paint roller connecting rod.