# US 5,343,585 A · Paint brush assembly

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- Number: US 5,343,585 A
- Document ID: US5343585A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/924,756
- Filed: 1992-08-04
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1992-08-04
- Inventors: Vernon L. Howell
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5343585A

## CPC

- A46B 7/04: interchangeably {removable bristle carriers}
- A46B 17/08: Other accessories, e.g. scrapers, rubber buffers for preventing damage to furniture
- B25F 1/02: with interchangeable or adjustable tool elements
- B25G 1/08: with provision for storing tool elements
- B25G 3/24: comprising clamping or contracting means acting transversely on the handle or socket
- B25G 3/32: in association with, or including, tang, bolt, or other member passing axially through whole length of handle
- A46B 2200/202: Applicator paint brush
- A46B: BRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B25G)
- B25F: COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR {(machines or arrangements of machines for performing specified combinations of different metal-working operations not covered by a single other subclass B23P23/00 and subgroups)}
- B25G: HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS (attaching the blades or the like to handles of hand tools for soil working A01B1/22; handles of hand implements for harvesting A01D1/14; handles integral with brushware A46B)

## Abstract

A paint brush assembly includes a clip member arranged to secure a replaceable paint brush head thereto, with the clip member having a u-shaped body, including first and second cooperating jaws engaged with the brush head. A sleeve is received over the clip member subsequent to its securement relative to the brush head. A modification of the invention includes a shield structure, as well as a scraper blade mounted to the sleeve in use.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A paint brush assembly, comprising, a clip member, the clip member having a U-shaped body, including a first plate coextensive with a second plate, with the first plate having a first plate first end, and the second plate having a second plate first end, with the second plate first end and the first plate first end having an interconnecting web pivotally mounting the first plate relative to the second plate, and
a spring member interposed between the first plate and the second plate, the first plate having a first plate second end, the second plate having a second plate second end, with first clamp means mounted to the first plate second end, and second clamp means mounted to the second plate second end, wherein the first clamp means and the second clamp means are arranged for biased confronting projection towards one another, and
a brush member, the brush member having a brush head, and the first clamp means and the second clamp means arranged for selectively securing the brush head between the first clamp means and the second clamp means, with the brush head having a matrix of bristles extending from the brush head beyond the clip member, and
the first clamp means includes a first clamp leg, and the second clamp means includes a second clamp leg, with the first clamp leg including a first clamp leg slot, and the second clamp leg directed through the first clamp leg slot, and a first clamp jaw plate fixedly secured to the first clamp leg parallel to the first plate, and a second clamp jaw plate mounted to the second clamp leg arranged parallel relative to the second plate, and the first clamp jaw plate including a first jaw and the second clamp jaw plate including a second jaw, and the first jaw and the second jaw including interdigitated teeth member, wherein the first jaw and second jaw engage opposed sides of the brush head at an interface between the bristles and the brush head, and
the first clamp jaw plate includes a first jaw plate flange fixedly and orthogonally mounted to the first clamp jaw plate, the second clamp jaw plate includes a second jaw plate flange fixedly and orthogonally mounted to the second clamp jaw plate, wherein the first jaw plate flange and the second jaw plate flange are arranged in a coextensive aligned and confronting relationship relative to one another, and the brush head includes a first groove receiving the first jaw plate flange, and the brush head includes a second groove receiving the second jaw plate flange, and
a tubular sleeve, the tubular sleeve including a tubular sleeve end having a rear wall and a tubular sleeve second end, the second end including an entrance opening slidably receiving the clip member within the tubular sleeve for encasing the first plate and the second plate within the tubular sleeve for manual grasping of the clip member.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A paint brush assembly as set forth in claim 1 including a transparent shield plate fixedly and orthogonally mounted to the tubular sleeve at the tubular sleeve second end, with the shield plate extending laterally beyond the tubular sleeve.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A paint brush assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein the rear wall includes a rear wall slot, and a scraper blade, the blade being slidably directed through the rear wall slot, and a scraper blade cavity positioned within the tubular sleeve in adjacency to the rear wall, and the scraper blade telescopingly received relative to the scraper blade cavity, and the sleeve having a side wall slot, and the scraper blade having a handle lug directed through the side wall slot fixedly secured to the scraper blade to permit sliding of the scraper blade relative to the scraper blade cavity.