Adjustable handle for edging paint roller
OwnerNeil Irveninventor
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Abstract
An adjustable handle for a paint roller to facilitate holding the roller with its axis vertical as would be required for moving the roller in a horizontal path adjacent a ceiling. A second adjustment is provided to set the handle at an appropriate angle from the plane of the contact surface. The adjustable handle includes an index wheel on an extension of the roller shaft. A connector secured to the handle and mounted on the shaft extension is urged toward the index wheel by a spring. Two pins on the connector selectively engage holes in the index wheel. The connector is moved away from the index wheel against the urging of the spring to disengage one or other of the pins so that the angular adjustment of the connector and the index wheel can be changed and the selected pin relocated in a selected hole in the index wheel.
Claims8
An adjustable handle for a paint roller having,
- a paint roller cover;
- a tubular support for the roller cover;
- an axial shaft, spaced apart support discs for the axial shaft;
- and
- a shaft extension extending parallel to an outer face of the tubular support, the adjustable handle comprising;
- index wheel means secured to the shaft extension;
- a connector secured to the handle and rotatably mounted on the shaft extension adjacent the index wheel means:
- means for urging the connector toward the index wheel means;
- and
- means on the connector for releasably engaging the index wheel means for adjustably positioning the connector and the handle relative to the roller.
A paint roller comprising an adjustable handle, a paint roller cover of synthetic sponge material, a tubular support for the roller cover, an axial shaft having spaced apart support disks, a shaft angularly disposed to the axial shaft, a wheel mounted for rotation on the angular shaft, an integral shaft extension parallel to an outer face of the tubular support, an index wheel secured to the shaft extension, a connector secured to the handle and rotatably mounted on the shaft extension, means for urging the connector toward the index wheel means, so that the position of the handle relative to rollers can be changed by moving the connector relative to the index wheel means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.