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US 6,681,438 B2Granted
Paint roller frame with shiftable arm
AssigneeSpecialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc.
InventorsRobert D. Newman, Buford J. Guittar
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Abstract
A frame for holding a paint roller including a body, a shiftable arm coupled to the body, and a biasing mechanism operable to automatically shift the shiftable arm relative to the body when actuated.
Claims17
An adjustable frame for holding a paint roller, said frame comprising:
- an elongated body presenting opposite first and second ends;
- an elongated handle presenting a distal end coupled to the elongated body between the first and second ends of the body, said handle and said body forming a generally T-shaped configuration;
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- a first arm telescopically intercoupled with said first end of the body and adapted to at least partly support the paint roller,
- a biasing mechanism for automatically shifting the first arm relative to the body when the biasing mechanism is actuated.
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An adjustable frame for holding a paint roller, said frame comprising:
- a first arm adapted to at least partly support the paint roller;
- a second arm adapted to at least partly support the paint roller;
- a mechanism operable to cause relative shifting of the first and second arms when the mechanism is actuated;
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- a depressible button operable to actuate the mechanism when depressed.
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An adjustable frame for holding a paint roller, said frame comprising:
- a first arm,
- a second arm spaced from the first arm,
- said frame being shiftable between a coupled position wherein the arms cooperatively support the roller and a decoupled position wherein the arms are spaced further from one another than when the frame is in the coupled position;
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- a biasing mechanism for automatically shifting the frame from the coupled position to the decoupled position when the biasing mechanism is actuated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.