US 9,539,850 B2 · Rollable paint bucket

Abstract

A rollable paint bucket which will be maneuvered on a floor by the painter manipulating an extended handle of a paint roller assembly is disclosed. The bucket will have a body, a plurality of rolling members and a structural configuration which permits placement of the paint roller on the bucket where it will remain in contact during maneuvering of the bucket on the floor by the painter. The body has a paint containment area and a rolling surface. The painter may easily replenish fresh paint on the paint roller and roll the paint roller to obtain a desired quantity and uniformity of coverage on the paint roller. The bucket permits the painter to paint a large area, along a great distance, while remaining standing straight. This eliminates the conventional need for the painter to manually move their supply of fresh paint which often involves bending or squatting.

A rollable paint bucket to retain workpiece paint during a painting procedure performed with a workpiece paint roller assembly, the workpiece paint roller assembly having a workpiece paint roller, a workpiece paint roller retention assembly and an elongate workpiece handle, the workpiece paint roller retention assembly to provide for axial rotation of the workpiece paint roller, the elongated workpiece handle attached to the workpiece roller retention assembly to provide for significant spacing of the user from the workpiece paint roller during the painting procedure, the rollable paint bucket comprising:

a) a body having:
i) a containment area to provide for receiving and containing a quantity of the workpiece paint, the containment area readily accessible for transfer of a portion of the workpiece paint contained in the containment area to the workpiece paint roller assembly during the painting procedure;
said containment area being defined by a lower base that forms a lower extent, a wall section attached to and extending upwardly from said base and an upper extent at the top of said wall section;
ii) a plurality of rolling member attachment positions, and wherein each of the rolling members is detachably attachable to a respective rolling member attachment position;
and wherein the body of the rollable pain bucket is nestable with another body for ready transport;
b) a plurality of rolling members attached relative to the body of the rollable paint bucket, the rolling members to provide for ready movement of the rollable paint bucket over a generally flat surface during the painting procedure;
c) positioning means to provide for the workpiece paint roller of the workpiece paint roller assembly to be placed relative to the rollable paint bucket wherein the user may manipulate the elongated workpiece handle of the workpiece paint roller assembly to easily move the rollable paint bucket about on the generally flat surface during the painting procedure;
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(d) said positioning means including a paint roller resting area having a positioning shelf attached interiorly to said wall section at a height intermediate said base and said upper extent, said positioning shelf including a roller resting surface that is positioned interiorly of said wall section and completely within said containment area of said body, said positioning shelf being engageable by the paint roller of the paint roller assembly such that the paint roller at least partially contacts said paint roller resting surface within said containment area and the user may manipulate the elongated handle of the paint roller assembly to move and guide the rollable paint bucket along the generally flat surface during the painting procedure, said containment area including a drainage area adjacent and below said roller resting surface to provide for at least a portion of a workpiece paint deposited in said paint roller resting area from the workpiece paint roller to drain into said containment area of said body.

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