Versatile paint pan

A paint pan for use on a horizontal surface for suspension alternately from a side and from a face of a ladder, the ladder having a pair of side rails and a plurality of steps between the side rails, the paint pan including a receptacle having a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, an opposite second side wall, a bottom and an open top, the back wall being longer than the front wall, the back wall having an upper end, the improvement comprising:

• a bracket removably connected to the upper end of the back wall,
• wherein the paint pan may be disposed on the horizontal surface, the bracket supporting and elevating the upper end of the back wall of the receptacle and the receptacle being oriented at an acute angle with respect to the horizontal surface such that a paint roller and a paint brush may be used,
• the bracket further being adapted for support on a selected one of the steps of the ladder, transversely thereof, wherein the bracket is secured on the selected one of the steps of the ladder and the receptacle is suspended vertically adjacent to one of the side rails of the ladder, external of the ladder, the side rail of the ladder being embraced by the bracket and the receptacle such that the paint roller and the paint brush may be used,
• the bracket further being adapted for support on the selected one of the steps of the ladder substantially parallel thereto, wherein the bracket is secured on the selected one of the steps of the ladder and the receptacle is suspended vertically therefrom between the side rails along the face of the ladder, such that the paint roller and the paint brush may be used, wherein the bracket has a base, a first leg and an opposing second leg, the legs being substantially perpendicular to the base, the first leg being removably connected to the upper end of the back wall of the receptacle, the second leg having a plurality of notches formed therein, the notches being step-like having a center notch proximal to the base of the bracket and a pair of intermediate notches stepwise adjacent to, and on the respective opposite sides of, the center notch, the intermediate notches being distal from the base of the bracket in relation to the center notch, the notches forming a clip to receive the the selected one of the steps of the ladder.

A paint pan for use on a horizontal surface and for suspension alternately from a side and from a face of a ladder, the ladder having a pair of side rails and a plurality of steps between the side rails, the paint pan including a receptacle having a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, an opposite second side wall, a bottom and an open top, the back wall being longer than the front wall, the back wall having an upper end, the improvement comprising:

• a bracket removably connected to the upper end of the back wall, the bracket having a base, a first leg and an opposite second leg, the legs being substantially perpendicular to the base, the first leg being removably connected to the upper end of the back wall of the receptacle, the second leg having a plurality of notches formed therein, the notches being step-like having a center notch proximal to the base of the bracket and a pair of intermediate notches stepwise adjacent to, and on the respective opposite sides of, the center notch, the intermediate notches being distal from the base of the bracket in relation to the center notch,
• wherein the paint pan may be disposed on the horizontal surface, the bracket supporting and elevating the upper end of the back wall of the receptacle and the receptacle being oriented at an acute angle with respect to the horizontal surface such that a paint roller and a paint brush may be used,
• the bracket further being adapted for support on a selected one of the steps of the ladder, transversely thereof, wherein the bracket is secured on the selected one of the steps of the ladder and the receptacle is suspended vertically adjacent to one of the side rails of the ladder, external of the ladder, the side rail of the ladder being embraced by the bracket and the receptacle, such that the paint roller and the paint brush may be used,
• the bracket further being adapted for support on the selected one of the steps of the ladder substantially parallel thereto, wherein the bracket is secured on the selected one of the steps of the ladder and the receptacle is suspended vertically therefrom between the side rails along the face of the ladder, such that the paint roller and the paint brush may be used.