Paintbrush with scraper

Abstract

A paintbrush with scraper that includes a paintbrush having brush bristles attached to a brush handle, and a pivoting scraper blade that pivots into and is stored within a scraper blade recess formed within the brush handle, the pivoting scraper blade being lockable in a use position by a blade locking mechanism including a pivot member pivotally and slidably mounted on a pivoting shaft of a pivot shaft member, the pivot member having a pivot shaft guide passageway formed therein and a position locking pin extending therefrom; the pivot shaft member having the pivoting shaft extending therefrom and into the pivot shaft guide passageway, a mounting plate secured to the surface of scraper blade recess of the brush handle and two locking pin receiving channels formed therein; the position locking pin being positionable into one of the two locking pin receiving channels when the scraper blade is stored within the scraper blade recess formed within the brush handle; the position locking pin being positionable in the other one of the two locking pin receiving channels when the pivoting scraper blade is extended fully into the use position; the pivoting scraper blade being integrally formed with the pivot member.

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