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US 5,960,946 AGranted
Wet paint and roller storage unit
OwnerGary D. Gramlichinventor
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Abstract
A tray and lid for storing unused paint and/or wet paint rollers. The tray has a plurality of pivot points which mount a lid to one end of the tray. The tray has snap latches at the sides for securing the lid to the tray in an air tight manner, and in addition a resilient seal is provided between the tray and the lid and extends around the perimeter of the tray.
Claims7
A sealed paint roller tray and lid assembly comprising:
- a paint roller tray having a bottom, front and back walls, sides and an open top,
- said sides and back wall having means for securing a lid thereto,
- a lid attached to said paint roller tray and said lid and said paint roller tray having cooperating catch means for sealingly securing said lid to said paint roller tray,
- seal means mounted on said front and back walls and said sides for sealing between said lid and said paint roller tray, and
- wherein said lid has a vertical wall extending from a top portion of said lid,
- said vertical wall extending outside of said front wall, back wall, and said sides of said paint roller tray when said lid is in a closed position, and
- said seal means engages an underside of said lid and an inside portion of said vertical wall when said lid is in a closed position.
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A sealed paint roller tray and lid assembly comprising:
- a paint roller tray having a bottom, front and back walls, sides and an open top,
- said sides and back wall having means for securing a lid thereto,
- a lid attached to said paint roller tray and said lid and said paint roller tray having cooperating catch means for sealingly securing said lid to said paint roller tray,
- seal means mounted on said front and back walls and said sides for sealing between said lid and said paint roller tray, and
- wherein said catch means comprises at least one projection attached to said lid, and
- said paint roller tray has at least one snap lock depending therefrom,
- said snap lock engages said projection when said lid is closed in order to secure said lid to said tray, and
- wherein said snap lock is a block of resilient material and has a first aperture in a side and a second aperture in an end for receiving said projection.
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A sealed paint roller tray and lid assembly comprising:
- a paint roller tray having a bottom, front and back walls, sides and an open top,
- said sides and back wall having means for securing a lid thereto,
- a lid attached to said paint roller tray and said lid and said paint roller tray having cooperating catch means for sealingly securing said lid to said paint roller tray,
- seal means mounted on said front and back walls and said sides for sealing between said lid and said paint roller tray, and
- wherein said catch means comprises at least one projection attached to said lid, and
- said paint roller tray has at least one snap lock depending therefrom,
- said snap lock engages said projection when said lid is closed in order to secure said lid to said tray, and
- wherein said snap lock is a block of rigid material which is connected to said paint roller tray by a resilient material, and
- said block of rigid material has a first aperture in a side and a second aperture in an end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.