Paint roller with masked surface
OwnerThomas J. Tramontinventor
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Abstract
In a paint roller having an inner core with an outer annular surface and a radially resilient, substantially cylindrical paint roller medium extending around and affixed to the inner core for rotation therewith, the improvement wherein the outer medium has a substantially uniform outer diameter and comprises a base of resilient porous material, and a distribution of non-porous material which masks portions of the base. Preferably the distribution of non-porous material is random.
Claims13
In a paint roller having an inner core with an outer annular surface and a radially resilient, substantially cylindrical paint roller medium extending around and affixed to the inner core for rotation therewith, the improvement wherein the outer medium has a substantially uniform outer diameter and comprises a base of resilient porous material, and a distribution of non-porous material which masks portions of the base.
A paint roller having a base of resilient porous material defining an outer surface, and a random distribution of non-porous material which adheres to and masks portions of the base outer surface.
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