Paint pail carrier

A paint pail carrier for attachment to a person for maintaining an open paint pail in a vertical orientation comprising, in combination:

• a paint pail cradle having a vertically oriented elongated member and having a lower section with a horizontally disposed base for supporting the paint pail, an upper section adapted for swivel communication with a gimbal means, and a middle section therebetween having an arcuate ring and a plurality of elongated rods upwardly disposed from the base for keeping the open paint pail in a fixed position on the base;
• a shoulder strap having adjustment clasping means for firmly fitting over either shoulder of the person for supporting the weight of the open paint pail;
• a leg strap having second clasping means for firm attachment to the person's leg, the leg strap further having a second elongated member downwardly disposed for slidable communication with the elongated member of the paint pail cradle;
• a waist strap therebetween the shoulder strap and the leg strap having third clasping means for firm attachment to the person's waist, the waist strap further having an aperture adapted to receive the gimbal for urging swivel movement of the paint pail cradle for maintaining the paint pail in a vertical orientation when the person climbs up or down a ladder, and further wherein the elongated member of the paint pail cradle and the elongated member of the leg strap are adapted with a second and a third aperture to receive the gimbal means;
• a plurality of slide strips oriented on an outer surface of the second elongated member of the leg strap for urging slidable contact between the,second elongated member of the leg strap and the first elongated member of the paint pail cradle when the painter is climbing up and down the ladder;
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• the paint pail cradle further having a fourth plurality of apertures adapted to receive rivet fasteners for urging fixed communication between the arcuate ring and the upwardly disposed rods and the base.