Adjustable handle for a paint pad
AssigneeFlock Development & Research Co. Ltd.
InventorEdmond C. A. Hobden
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Abstract
A paint pad holder has a pad holder plate with a housing for mounting a handle on the plate. The housing has a guide recess for receiving a head of the handle, and for pivotally mounting the handle for movement about an axis generally parallel to the plane of the pad holder plate. The handle can be pivoted a selected number of degrees relative to the plate, and includes a lock sleeve that can be used for locking the handle in selected angular positions relative to the plate.
Claims10
A pad holder comprising a pad holder plate adapted to receive a painting pad and a handle, the pad holder plate having a handle mounting housing, said handle mounting housing having a first recess formed with parallel spaced side surfaces for receiving the handle, the first recess extending laterally generally perpendicular to a longitudinal length of the plate, the handle having a head member for being received in the first recess, and the head member having a pin mounted in the handle mounting housing in a second recess open to at least one side surface of the first recess for pivotal movement of the handle relative to the pad holder plate about an axis generally parallel to a plane of the plate with the head member moving between the side surfaces of the first recess, a slidable latch member on the handle movable from a release position to permit the handle to pivot at least a selected amount, to a latched position for engaging one of a plurality of stops formed on the handle mounting housing of the pad holder plate.
A molded plastic paint pad holder comprising a pad holder plate adapted to receive a painting pad, and the pad holder plate having a handle mounting housing in center portions thereof, a handle guide recess in the handle mounting housing, the handle mounting housing having pin receiving receptacles extending laterally from the handle guide recess, a handle having a head member, a pair of pins on the head member extending into the receptacles and retained for pivotal movement of the handle relative to the pad holder plate about a pin axis generally parallel to a plane of the plate, a lock sleeve slideably mounted on the handle and slidable on the handle away from the handle mounting housing to a release position to permit the handle to pivot freely about the pin axis for a selected amount relative to the pad holder plate, and the lock sleeve being slidable to a latched position engaging one of a plurality of stops formed on the handle mounting housing for holding the handle in one of a selected number of pivotal positions.
A paint/pad holder comprising a pad holder plate adapted to receive a painting pad on a first surface thereof, the pad holder plate having a handle mounting housing in center portions thereof raised upwardly from a surface of the plate opposite from the first surface, and having a recess with spaced side recess surfaces and upwardly opening pin receiving receptacles extending laterally outwardly from the side recess surfaces and the receptacles opening to a top of the handle mounting housing, a handle having a head member with handle side surfaces which fit between the side recess surfaces, a pair of pins on the head member extending into the pin receiving receptacles and retained in the pin receiving receptacles for pivotal movement of the handle relative to the pad holder plate about a pin axis generally parallel to a plane of the plate, a lock sleeve slidably mounted on the handle above the handle mounting housing and slidable in direction away from the handle mounting housing to a release position to permit the handle to pivot about the pivot axis of the pins a selected amount relative to the pad holder plate, and the lock sleeve being slidable toward the handle mounting housing to a latched position engaging stops formed on the handle mounting housing for holding the handle in one of a selected number of positions about the pivot axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.