# US 5,331,709 A · Applicator for applying paint to lattice work

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- Number: US 5,331,709 A
- Document ID: US5331709A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/030,735
- Filed: 1993-03-12
- Granted: 1994-07-26
- Earliest claimed: 1993-03-12
- Inventors: C. Leonard Hudson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5331709A

## CPC

- B05C 17/00: Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces ({casings or accessories for storing or handling solid or pasty toilet or cosmetic substances A45D40/00;} brushes A46B; {shoe polish applicators A47L23/05; surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491;} absorbent pads, e.g. swabs, for applying media to the human body A61F13/15; {hand-held applicators for applying or spreading media, e.g. remedies, on the human body A61M35/003; implements for writing or drawing B43K; hand-held desk devices for applying liquid, e.g. adhesive, by contact to surfaces B43M11/06;} implements or apparatus for removing dry paint from surfaces B44D3/16 {; container closures with pads or like contents-applying means B65D47/42})
- A47L 13/46: Securing scouring or polishing cloths or sponges to the handles by gripping means, tongs, or the like
- B05C: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B5/08)
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)

## Abstract

An applicator for applying paint to the internal walls of generally square or diamond shaped openings in articles such as lattice work. The applicator comprises a handle, a generally frusto-pyramoidal (pyramid-shaped with the top cut out) paint pad mounted on and secured to one end of the handle. The frusto-pyramoidal paint pad includes a four sided base, a four sided top, and four sloped or tapered side walls for applying paint to the internal walls of openings in articles such as lattice work. The paint pad of a second embodiment incorporates an upstanding shoulder extending from the pad adjacent the four sided base which also applies paint to the article (lattice work) in an area surrounding the openings.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An applicator for applying paint to the internal walls of generally square shaped openings in an article, said applicator comprising;
a handle member including a gripping section and a paint pad mounting section;
a generally frusto-pyramoidal shaped, flexible, paint pad including a planar base surface, a planar top surface, and four sloped planar side walls, each of said side walls extending between and connecting said planar base surface and said planar top surface, said paint pad being made of an absorbent, resilient material; each of said sloped planar side walls defines an acute angle with respect to said planar base surface and defines an obtuse angle with respect to said planar top surface; and
means for removably and replaceably mounting and securing said paint pad on said paint pad mounting section of said handle member with said pad mounting section extending into said pad for secured relation therewith and said gripping section of said handle member extending in exposed relation outside of said planar base surface.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The paint applicator of claim 1 wherein said means for mounting and securing said paint pad on said paint pad mounting section of said handle member includes a first transverse opening adjacent said paint pad mounting section of said handle member, a second transverse opening disposed in said handle member adjacent said paint pad mounting section of said handle member, a first cotter pin mounted within said first transverse opening disposed in said handle member adjacent said paint pad mounting section of said handle member, a first washer mounted on said paint pad mounting section of said handle member between said first cotter pin and said planar base surface of said paint pad, a second washer mounted adjacent said paint pad mounting section of said handle member between said top of said paint pad and said second transverse opening in said paint pad mounting section of said handle member, and a second cotter pin mounted within said second transverse opening and in engagement with said second washer.

### Claim 3

An applicator for applying paint to the internal walls of generally square shaped openings in an article and areas surrounding said generally squared shaped openings in said article, said applicator comprising:
a handle member including a gripping section and a paint pad mounting section;
a generally frusto-pyramoidal shaped paint pad including a four sided planar base surface, a four-sided planar top surface, a base plate having an upstanding shoulder extending beyond the planar base surface, said base plate being provided with a planar surface parallel with and abutting said planar base surface, four sloped side walls having planar surfaces extending between and connecting said planar base surface and said planar top surface, each of said planar surfaces of said sloped side walls defining an acute angle with respect to said planar base surface and defining an obtuse angle with respect to said planar top surface, said paint pad being made of an absorbent, flexible, resilient material; and
means for removably and replaceably mounting and securing said paint pad on said paint pad mounting section of said handle member.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The paint applicator of claim 3 wherein said means for mounting and securing said paint pad on said paint pad mounting section of said handle member includes a first transverse opening disposed in said handle member adjacent said paint pad mounting section of said handle member, a second transverse opening disposed in said handle member adjacent said paint pad mounting section of said handle member, a first cotter pin mounted within said first transverse opening adjacent said paint pad mounting section of said handle member, a first washer mounted on said paint pad mounting section of said handle member between said first cotter pin and said base plate of said paint pad, a second washer mounted adjacent said paint pad mounting section of said handle member between said planar top surface of said paint pad and said second transverse opening in said paint pad mounting section of said handle member, and a second cotter pin mounted within said second transverse opening and in engagement with said second washer.