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US 6,640,369 B1Granted
Multi-function painter's tool
OwnerWilliam A. Malvasioinventor
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Abstract
A painter's tool having multiple tool elements of a paint brush comb, a paint roller scraper, a scraper blade, and a container cover remover. One end of the tool has a hook for suspending the tool from a horizontal support and to thereby support a paint can suspended from the tool. The tool can be made of one material, and it is preferably rigid throughout its entirety and presents a handle for maneuvering the tool in its multi-functions.
Claims6
A multi-purpose painter's tool comprising:
- a handle made of one plastic material and being one rigid piece and being elongated along a longitudinal axis and having a first terminal end and a second terminal end and a first side and a second side oppositely disposed on said handle on opposite sides of said axis,
- said first terminal end having a paint brush comb on said first one of said sides and a paint roller scraper on said second one of said sides,
- said second terminal end having its elongated shape for gripping in maneuvering said tool in combing the paint brush and in scraping the paint roller,
- a claw on said first terminal end for removing a cover from a container, and
- a hook of a semi-circular shape on said handle at said second terminal end and having a center of curvature on said longitudinal axis for suspending said tool from a horizontal support for supporting a paint can suspended by said claw.
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A multi-purpose painter's tool comprising:
- a handle made of one material and being one rigid piece and being elongated and having a first terminal end and a second terminal end and a first side and a second side oppositely disposed on said handle,
- said first terminal end having a paint brush comb on said first one of said sides and a paint roller scraper on said second one of said sides,
- said second terminal end having its elongated shape for gripping in maneuvering said tool in combing the paint brush and in scraping the paint roller,
- said handle having a claw for hanging a paint can from said tool, and
- a hook integral on said second terminal end for hanging said tool from a horizontal support to thereby suspend said tool and the paint can from the support.
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A multi-purpose painter's tool comprising:
- a handle made of one material and being one rigid piece and being elongated and having a first terminal end and a second terminal end and a first side and a second side oppositely disposed on said handle,
- said first terminal end having a paint brush comb on said first one of said sides and a paint roller scraper on said second one of said sides,
- said second terminal end having its elongated shape for gripping in maneuvering said tool in combing the point brush and in scraping the paint roller,
- a claw on said first terminal end for prying a cover off container by applying leverage of said handle at said second terminal end, and
- a hook integral with said second terminal end for hanging said tool from a horizontal support to thereby suspend said tool and a container from the support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.