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US 7,464,431 B2Granted
Paint brush
OwnerDale Stevensinventor
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Abstract
A drip-reducing paint brush having a hollow handle and a flared perimeter around the area where the paint applying element is attached to the brush so that excess paint from a pad or bristle bundle flows into the interior of the handle where it is contained rather than over the outside of the handle where it poses a problem to the user. An auxiliary containment device may be threadedly attached to the hollow handle.
Claims8
A paint brush comprising:
- a paint-applying element;
- a rigid body having an integral element-receiving portion and, integral therewith, a handle portion;
- said element-receiving portion having an end opening into which the element is set and a flared perimeter about the opening providing a paint-catching space around the element;
- said receiving and handle portions being constructed to provide a hollow interior in fluid communication with said end opening therethrough which acts as a containment volume for paint flowing from the element and captured in said space when the brush is held with the element above the handle portion.
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A paint brush comprising:
- a generally rectangular bristle bundle;
- a rigid body having an elongate essentially tubular handle portion integral with a generally rectangular bristle receiving portion having an open end which is flared outwardly to create a clearance between the open end and the bristle bundle when installed in said opening;
- the generally rectangular portion and the elongate tubular portion being hollow and in continuous fluid communication with the clearance around the bustle bundle to catch and capture excess paint from the bristle bundle when the brush is used in a substantially inverted orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.