Detachable handle for a portable paint and brush container

An ergonomic detachable carrying device for transporting a container, the ergonomic detachable carrying device being adapted to attach to a gap formed between a lip extending around an outside periphery of the container and an outer wall surface of the container, said ergonomic detachable carrying device comprising:

• a) an elongated member having:
• i. an ergonomic grip portion at one end and
• ii. a contoured band portion, at an end opposite the ergonomic grip portion, that is integrally attached to said ergonomic grip portion,
• wherein the contoured band portion includes:
• a cantilevered platform laterally extending from said contoured band portion, said cantilevered platform terminating with an upstanding peripheral edge;
• b) means for attaching said ergonomic detachable carrying device to a belt worn about a waist of a workman;
• c) a retainer clip including a pair of guide rails in an opposing relationship along peripheral sides of said retainer clip, the retainer clip mounted to a top surface of said cantilevered platform;
• and
• d) means for mounting said retainer clip to said top surface of said cantilevered platform, the means for mounting including to a pair of channel guides mounted to the top of said contoured band portion of said ergonomic detachable carrying device, the pair of guide rails connected to the pair of channel guides so that retainer clip slides laterally along the top of said cantilevered platform;
• e) means far cam locking said retainer clip in a forward direction towards said container when said lip of said container is mounted to said upstanding peripheral edge of said cantilevered platform;
• wherein the upstanding peripheral edge is adapted to extend up into the gap under the lip of the container so that the lip of the container is trapped between the upstanding peripheral edge and the means for clamping.

A carrying device comprising:

• a) an ergonomic detachable handle carrying device comprising:
• i. an elongated member having an ergonomic grip portion;
• ii. a contoured and portion located at an end of the elongated member;
• iii. a cantilevered platform laterally extending from the contoured band portion;
• iv. a molded pair of channel guides mounted to the top of said contoured band portion of said ergonomic detachable carrying device and extending along the cantilevered platform;
• v. a spring biased retainer clip movably mounted to the cantilevered platform via an opposing set of guide rails that slide in the channel guides of the cantilevered platform so that the means for clamping is laterally extended;
• vi. a shell housing extending from a bottom of the cantilevered platform parallel to the elongated member, wherein the shell housing comprises:
• 1) an upstanding peripheral edge on an upper surface of the shell housing;
• 2) a chamber having an opening facing away from the elongated member;
• and
• 3) a permanent magnet mounted within the chamber of the housing shell, the permanent magnet having an outer surface;
• b) an ergonomic paint can comprising:
• i. a wall having an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface;
• and
• ii. a lip extending around an outer periphery of the ergonomic paint can, wherein a gap is formed between the lip and the outer wall surface of the ergonomic paint can;
• wherein the upstanding peripheral edge extends into the gap under the lip of the ergonomic paint can and the spring biased retention clip extends over a portion of the ergonomic paint can so that the lip is trapped between the upstanding peripheral edge and the spring biased retainer clip so that the ergonomic detachable handle carrying device and the ergonomic paint can are fixedly connected and the ergonomic paint can can be conveniently transported by the ergonomic detachable handle carrying device;
• and
• wherein the outer surface of the permanent magnet is contiguous with an outer wall surface of the ergonomic paint can so that a magnetic field of the permanent magnet permeates the wall of the ergonomic paint can so that the magnetic field is adapted to act upon a metal portion of a paint brush to hold the paint brush in place along the inner wall surface of the an ergonomic paint can when the paint brush is not in use and/or during transport of the ergonomic paint can.