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US 6,719,178 B1Granted
Chest-mounted paint carrier
OwnerRobert Lee Taylorinventor
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Abstract
A chest-mounted paint carrier and method for painting comprises a low profile paint receptacle depending from a mounting plate positioned at a painter's chest level, the paint receptacle hinged and pivoted from the mounting plate such that it is maintained in an upright position at all times, the receptacle having a lower dimension extending not below the painter's waist for ergonomic and efficient placement of the paint receptacle and improved access to the paint. A new method of painting using a chest-mounted paint carrier increases freedom of movement and frees both hands of the painter for other uses.
Claims22
A paint carrier comprising:
- a mounting plate having a substantially uniform planar geometry,
- a strap assembly for securing said mounting plate against a painter's chest, said strap assembly including a chest strap for encircling the painter's torso at chest level, said mounting plate attached to said chest strap, and a shoulder strap for passing over a shoulder of the painter, said shoulder strap having a rear portion and a front portion, said rear portion affixed to a back part of said chest strap, and said front portion having means for varying the length of said shoulder strap, said length varying means fixed to said mounting plate.
- a hinge plate, and
- pivoting means for pivoting attachment of said hinge plate to said mounting plate about a pivot axis substantially perpendicular to said planar geometry of said mounting plate such that said hinge plate is disposed against and in pivoting relation to said mounting plate,
- a paint receptacle having a back plate, said back plate having a top edge hingedly connected to said hinge plate about a hinge axis substantially perpendicular to said pivot axis, said hinge axis disposed in substantially the same plane as said mounting plate,
- such that, when said mounting plate is secured against a painter's chest, said hinge plate pivots relative to said mounting plate adjacent the painter's chest and said paint receptacle depends from and swings about said hinge axis adjacent the painter's chest.
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A paint carrier comprising:
- a mounting plate,
- a strap assembly for securing said mounting plate on a painter's chest, said strap assembly including a chest strap for encircling the painter's torso at chest level, said mounting plate attached to said chest strap, and a shoulder strap for passing over a shoulder of the painter, said shoulder strap having a rear portion and a front portion, said rear portion affixed to a back part of said chest strap, and said front portion having means for varying the length of said shoulder strap, said length varying means fixed to said mounting plate, and
- a paint receptacle depending from said mounting plate.
A paint carrier comprising:
- a mounting plate having a base plate and a face plate, said face plate joined to said base plate at an upper edge and at a bottom edge of said face plate, said face plate spaced from said mounting plate to define a channel between said upper edge and said bottom edge,
- a strap assembly, including a chest strap for encircling a painter's torso at chest level, said chest strap passing through said channel of said mounting plate, said strap assembly further including a shoulder strap for passing over a shoulder of the painter, said shoulder strap having a rear portion and a front portion, said rear portion affixed to a back part of said chest strap, said front portion having a loop, adjustable in length, said loop passing through a slot in a top edge of said mounting plate, said strap assembly positioning said mounting plate at chest level,
- a hinge plate having a rearwardly projecting pivot pin, said pivot pin having an annular flange spaced from said hinge plate,
- said face plate having an annular opening slightly larger than said flange of said pivot pin and a slot extending downwardly from said opening, said slot slightly wider than said pivot pin, said channel of said mounting plate at least deep enough to slidingly receive said chest strap and said flange of said pivot pin, such that said flange may be inserted through said opening of said face plate into said channel and moved downwardly for insertion of said pivot pin into said slot, thereby trapping said flange in said channel for pivoting attachment of said hinge plate to said mounting plate, said hinge plate pivoting about an axis perpendicular to a coronal plane respective to the painter,
- a paint receptacle having an upwardly extending back plate having an upper edge, said hinge plate hingedly connected at a lower edge thereof to said upper edge of said back plate, said back plate pivoting about an axis perpendicular to a sagittal plane respective to the painter,
- said paint receptacle having an anterior profile substantially narrower than its lateral width, and
- said back plate of said paint receptacle having a spring clamp for holding a paintbrush with its bristles in superposing relation to said paint receptacle.
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A method for carrying paint comprising:
- encircling a painter's torso at chest level with a chest strap, said chest strap having a back part,
- retaining a mounting plate on said chest strap,
- passing a shoulder strap over a shoulder of the painter, said shoulder strap having a rear portion and a front portion, and said front portion having means for varying the length of said shoulder strap,
- affixing said rear portion of said shoulder strap to said back part of said chest strap,
- fixing said varying means of said front portion of said shoulder strap to said mounting plate,
- mounting a paint receptacle in pivoting relation to and depending from said mounting plate for lateral pivoting action of said paint receptacle, said paint receptacle having an anterior profile substantially narrower than its lateral width, and said paint receptacle having a lowermost extent bounded approximately by the waist of a standing painter, and
- carrying paint in said paint receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.