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US 9,333,528 B2Granted
Paint roller assembly and painting products with superhydrophobic characteristics
AssigneeNova Wildcat Shur-Line, LLC
InventorsGary Allan DeCarr, Thomas Andrew Burdsall, Anthony Harrell Best
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Abstract
A paint roller assembly has a handle, a shaft with one end connected to the handle and an opposite end, and a roller head carried on the other end of the shaft. At least a portion of the paint roller assembly has a superhydrophobic surface.
Claims15
A paint roller assembly comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft with one end connected to the handle and an opposite end;
- a roller head carried on the opposite end of the shaft, the roller head including a first axle and a second axle, each axle extending outwardly from the shaft, the first and second axles being oriented non-parallel with one another;
- at least one roller cover carried on each of the first and second axles, each roller cover having a tapered frusto-conical shape with a proximal end nearer the shaft and an opposite distal end, the proximal end having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the distal end, the distal end being an exposed end face;
- and
- a roller guard removably attachable to the roller head at the exposed end face of each roller cover, each roller guard being magnetically attachable to the roller head,
- wherein at least a portion of the paint roller assembly has a superhydrophobic surface at least on an outward exposed surface of the roller guard.
4 more elements
A paint roller assembly comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft having one end connected to the handle and an opposite end;
- a roller head at the opposite end of the shaft, the roller head including at least:
- 1) first and second axles, the first and second axles extending outward away from the shaft and from one another, and
- 2) a paint roller cover rotatably carried on each of the first and second axles, each paint roller cover having a tapered frusto-conical shape with a proximal end nearer the shaft and an opposite distal end, the proximal end having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the distal end;
- and
- a roller guard removably attachable to the roller head at the distal end of at least one of the paint roller covers to apply paint on a wall surface adjacent to a trim piece,
- wherein the first and second axles are oriented non-parallel with one another so that the paint roller covers can lie flat on a surface to be painted with the handle in a painting orientation relative to the surface to be painted.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.