US 5,960,511 AGranted

Splatter shield for paint roller

OwnerCarl J. Boyceinventor

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Abstract

A splatter shield for connection to a conventional paint roller handle assembly includes a shield having a hemispherical top wall and parallel end walls for confining paint splatter or dripping during paint rolling. Opposing ends of the shield are releasably attached to the shaft portion of the paint roller handle assembly with one end of the shaft engaging a hub assembly releasably connected to an end of the roller pad assembly and shield. This structure allows for rotation of the roller pad about the longitudinal shaft axis. The splatter shield further includes an adjustment arm assembly having first and second arms, the first arm being centrally pivotably attached to the shield and second arm being pivotably attached to the handle. First and second arms are further slidably joined together with friction type fasteners such that lengthening or shortening the span of the adjustment arms causes the shield end walls to rotate about the shaft and to a desired position about the paint roller pad, the desired position being maintained by tightening the fasteners.

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Dependent claims

A splatter shield for a paint roller pad rotatably mounted about a shaft of a roller handle assembly comprising:

a shield, said shield comprising:
a main body having a configuration adapted for covering a portion of a paint roller pad;
first and second end walls at opposed ends of said main body, said end walls adapted for position adjacent opposed ends of the paint roller pad;
means on said end walls for mounting said end walls in movement about a shaft of a roller handle assembly extending through the paint roller pad, said mounting means positioning said end walls adjacent the ends of the roller pad and said main body along a portion of the roller pad between the pad ends;
a flange extending from said main body;
an aperture in said flange;
a first arm having first and second apertures therein, said first aperture in said first arm aligned with said flange aperture;
a pin extending through said aligned apertures to provide for pivotal movement of said first arm therearound;
a second arm;
a slot in said second arm;
a pin extending through said second aperture of said first arm and through said slot, said slot slidable along said pin extending therethrough whereby to relatively adjust the relative length of said first and second arms between a plurality of positions between a first position at which said first arm is at a maximum degree of overlap with said second arm and a second position at which said first arm is at a minimum degree of overlap with said second arm;
means for holding said first and second arms at a selectable relative position, said relative adjustment of said first and second arms urging said shield to pivot about said flange pin and said end walls about the shaft whereby to vary the relationship of said shield relative to the roller pad;
and
means on said second arm for clamping a portion of the paint roller handle thereto.

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A splatter shield for a paint roller pad rotatably mounted about a shaft of a roller handle assembly comprising:

a shield, said shield comprising:
a top wall having a configuration adapted for extension along a paint roller pad;
first and second end walls at opposed ends of said top wall;
means on said end walls for mounting said end walls in movement about a shaft of a roller handle assembly extending through the paint roller pad, said mounting means positioning said end walls adjacent ends of the paint roller pad and said top wall in said extension along the roller pad between the pad end walls;
a first arm;
means for pivotally mounting said first arm to said shield;
a second arm;
means for mounting said first arm to said second arm in a plurality of relative longitudinal relationships between a first position at which said arms present a minimum overall length and a second position at which said arms present a maximum overall length;
means for holding said first and second arms at a selectable longitudinal relationship, a movement of said first and second arms to said selectable relationship urging said first arm to pivot said shield about said end walls mounted to the shaft, whereby to adjust the relationship of said shield relative to said roller pad;
means on said second arm for clamping a portion of the paint roller handle assembly thereto.

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A splatter shield for a paint roller pad rotatably mounted about a shaft of a roller handle assembly comprising:

a shield, said shield comprising:
a top wall having a configuration adapted for extension along a paint roller pad;
first and second end walls at opposed ends of said top wall;
means on said end walls for mounting said end walls in movement about a shaft of a roller handle assembly extending through the paint roller pad, said mounting positioning said end walls adjacent ends of the paint roller pad;
an arm having first and second ends;
means for pivotally mounting said first arm end to said shield;
means for mounting said second arm end to a portion of the roller handle assembly;
means for adjusting the length of said arm between a first position at which said arm presents a minimum length and a second position at which said arm presents a maximum length;
means for maintaining said arm at a selectable length, a movement of said arm to said selectable length urging said shield end walls to pivot about the shaft, whereby to adjust the relationship of said shield relative to the roller pad;
and
means at a second end of said arm for clamping a portion of the paint roller handle assembly thereto.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.