Paint brush protection sheath

Abstract

A paint brush protection device in the form of a sheath is configured for containing the bristles and the ferrule portion of a paint brush, for keeping the bristles in proper shape and alignment. The sheath has a bristle-holding portion with an expansible bottom opening for receiving a paint brush in a handle-first orientation, and a ferrule-holding portion with an expansible top opening for allowing the handle to extend outwardly from the sheath, and for allowing the paint brush positioned within the sheath to be removed therefrom. The sheath includes front and rear sheath halves that are joined together along their sides for a portion of the length below the top opening. The part of the sheath where the sheath halves are joined together forms the ferrule-holding portion of the sheath. Between the ferrule-holding portion and the bottom opening, the sheath halves are unjoined and are resiliently separable from each other to allow the expansion of the bottom opening to receive a paint brush. The part of the sheath where the sheath halves are separable forms the bristle-holding portion of the sheath. The top opening is defined between an opposed pair of flexible flaps that are configured for engaging the handle of a paint brush positioned in the sheath, thereby securing the paint brush within the sheath. The flaps are configured to allow the brush to be pulled out of the sheath through the top opening by grasping and pulling the brush handle.

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