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US 5,689,851 AGranted
Unitary handle-hanger
OwnerNorman H. de Sevren Jacquetinventor
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Abstract
A handle with unitary handle-hanger having a built-in recess which suspends a paintbrush when placed on the inner sealing flange of a paint can. The handle can be made from wood, plastic, or other suitable material.
Claims18
A paint brush adapted to be supported on an inner sealing flange of a paint can, said brush comprising:
- (a) a brush body including an elongated handle having opposite first and second ends and an enlarged heel portion located at one of said ends, said heel portion including a plurality of bristles projecting therefrom, the brush having a front and a back side coinciding with the length of said enlarged heel portion;
- (b) at least two recesses integrally formed in said body on one of said sides and located at spaced locations therealong, each of said recesses comprising a substantially flat portion extending toward said bristles and oriented at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle, each of said recesses further having an upper portion thereof formed with a lip adjacent a substantially concave surface which extends downwardly in the general direction of the bristles;
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- (c) said recesses permitting the paint brush to be selectively supported at different distances with respect to a bottom of the paint can, each of the recesses further being configured so that they are adapted to contact the inner sealing flange at two points coinciding with an upper and a lower portion of the inner sealing flange.
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A paint brush adapted to be supported on an inner sealing flange of a paint can, said paint brush comprising:
- (a) a brush body including an elongated handle having opposite first and second ends and an enlarged heel portion located at one of said ends, said heel portion including a plurality of bristles projecting therefrom, the paint brush having a front side, a back side, a right side, and a left side, the front and back sides coinciding with the length or broader sides of said enlarged heel portion;
- (b) a recess integrally formed in and across said body on one of said front and back sides, the recess comprising a substantially flat portion extending toward said bristles and oriented at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle, said recess further having an upper portion thereof formed with a lip adjacent a substantially concave surface which extends downwardly in the general direction of the bristles;
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- (c) said recess permitting the paint brush to be supported at a distance with respect to a bottom of the paint can, the recess further being configured so that it is adapted to contact the inner sealing flange at two points coinciding with an upper and a lower portion of the inner sealing flange.
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A brush adapted to be supported on a flange, said brush comprising:
- (a) a brush body including an elongated handle having opposite first and second ends and an enlarged heel portion located at one of said ends, said heel portion including a plurality of bristles projecting therefrom, the brush having a front and a back side coinciding with the length of said enlarged heel portion;
- (b) at least two recesses integrally formed in said body on one of said sides and located at spaced locations therealong, each of said recesses comprising a substantially flat portion extending toward said bristles and oriented at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle, each of said recesses further having an upper portion thereof formed with a lip adjacent a substantially concave surface which extends downwardly in the general direction of the bristles;
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- (c) said recesses permitting the brush to be selectively supported at different positions with respect to the flange, each of the recesses further being configured so that they are adapted to contact the flange at two points coinciding with an upper and a lower portion of the flange.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.