Paint roller tray
AssigneeImperial Chemical Industries PLC
InventorBruce Renfrew
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Abstract
A paint roller tray detachably mountable on a paint container, the container having an opening permitting access of a paint roller into the container, and the tray having a roller platform and attachment means which allow the tray to be mounted in a first and second position on the container, in the first position the attachment means are engaged so as to locate the roller platform above the container and laterally offset from the opening so as to permit insertion of a roller into the container and in the second position the attachment means are engaged to locate the roller platform immediately above the container and over the opening.
Claims15
A paint roller tray detachably mountable on a paint container, the paint container including a removable lid, the container having an opening permitting access of a paint roller into the container, the removable lid adapted to close the opening, the paint roller tray comprising:
- a roller platform, and
- attachment means which allow the tray to be mounted in one of a first and second position on the container,
- wherein in the first position, the attachment means are engaged so as to locate the roller platform above the container and laterally offset from the opening so as to permit insertion of the roller into the container, and
- wherein in the second position, the attachment means is engaged to locate the roller platform on the removable lid so as to be detachably connected to the lid, the roller platform being located immediately above the container.
A paint roller tray detachably mountable on a paint container, the paint container including a removable lid, the container having an opening permitting access of a paint roller into the container, the removable lid adapted to close the opening, the paint roller tray comprising:
- a roller platform, and
- attachment means which allow the tray to be mounted in one of a first and second position on the container,
- wherein in the first position, the attachment means is engaged so as to locate the roller platform above the container and laterally offset from the opening so as to permit insertion of the roller into the container,
- wherein in the second position, the attachment means is engaged to locate the roller platform immediately above the container over the opening,
- wherein the attachment means includes lugs extending from the roller platform, and
- wherein the attachment means includes secondary projections extending from the lugs, the secondary projections being engageable with the lid.
A method of painting including the steps of:
- providing a paint container having a removable lid, the paint container containing paint,
- removing the lid from the container,
- detachably supporting a paint roller tray including a roller platform in a first position located in an overlapping relationship with an access opening of a paint container to permit access into the container, attachment means of the tray being engaged with the paint container, the container being closable by reattaching the lid and moving the tray to a second position where the tray is immediately above the container and attached to the lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.