Spatula for cleaning cylindrical containers

A flexible automotive paint can scraper designed for removing an automotive paint residue from a cylindrical container, the scraper comprising:

• a handle;
• a flexible blade attached to an end of the handle, the blade having a substantially flat surface, a proximal end adjacent the handle and a distal end remote from the handle;
• the blade further including a straight first side edge running from the proximal end of the blade to the distal end of the blade, a second side edge and a straight distal edge, the straight first side edge and the straight distal edge meeting at substantially a right angle;
• the straight first side edge, second side edge, and the straight distal edge each adapted for scraping the automotive paint residue from inside the cylindrical container;
• a protrusion located at the distal end of the blade and extending from the flat surface of the blade, the protrusion having a substantially flat first portion and a substantially flat second portion, both portions extending at substantially a right angle perpendicular to the blade, the flat first portion facing generally towards the straight distal edge of the blade, and the flat second portion facing generally towards the handle.

A flexible, automotive paint removing spatula designed for removing paint from a cylindrical surface and a bottom surface inside of a cylindrical container, the spatula comprising:

• a handle;
• a substantially flat blade attached to an end of the handle, the blade having a proximal end adjacent the handle, a distal end remote from the handle, a longitudinal axis running from the proximal end to the distal end of the blade and a transverse axis running across the blade perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
• the blade further being substantially flexible about the transverse axis of the blade;
• the blade further being substantially rectangular in shape and bounded by a proximal edge, a straight first side edge parallel to the longitudinal axis of the blade adapted for removing paint from inside the cylindrical container, wherein paint is defined to be a highly viscous liquid inside the cylindrical container, a straight distal edge parallel to the transverse axis of the blade and forming a first right angle corner with the straight first side edge, and a straight second side edge parallel to the longitudinal axis of the blade and forming a second right angle corner with the straight distal edge;
• the blade further having a protrusion extending from the blade perpendicular to the first right angle corner and running from the first side edge to the second side edge of the blade parallel to the distal edge of the blade, the protrusion being located adjacent to the distal edge of the blade but set back from the distal edge a predetermined distance;
• the protrusion further having a curved edge, wherein a chord of the curved edge is parallel to the transverse axis of the blade;
• and
• the blade further having a planar surface located between the protrusion and the handle, the planar surface extending from the second side edge to the straight first side edge.