Patent Application
20190281966
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The disclosure and prior art relates to paintbrush devices and more particularly pertains to a new paintbrush device for painting at different angles.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a head that has an outer end, an inner end and a perimeter wall that is attached to and extends between the outer and inner ends. A plurality of bristles is attached to the head and extends outwardly away from the outer end. A handle is included and has a first end and a second end. A coupler is pivotally couples the first end of the handle to the inner end of the head. The coupler includes a securing member to releasably secure the head a selected angle relative to the handle.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A handle 26 has a first end 28 and a second end 30. A coupler 32 pivotally couples the first end 28 of the handle 26 to the inner end 16 of the head 12. The coupler 32 includes a securing member 34 to releasably secure the head 12 a selected angle relative to the handle 26.
The coupler 32 may more specifically include a first mating member 36 and a second mating member 38. One of the inner end 16 and the second end 30 has the first mating member 36 attached thereto and the other of the inner end 16 and the second end 30 has the second mating member 38 attached thereto. The first mating member 36 receives the second mating member 38. A pin 40 extends through the first 36 and second mating members 38 and pivotally couples together the first 36 and second mating members 38. The pin 40 is non rotatable with respect to the first mating member 36. A locking ring 42 is mounted on the pin 40 and is non rotatable with respect to the pin 40. A locking seat 44 is attached to the second mating member 38 wherein the locking seat 44 and the locking ring 42 are releasably engageable with each other to inhibit rotation of the first mating member 36 with respect to the second mating member 38. The locking ring 42 has teeth 46 that engage with teeth 46 on the locking seat 44. A biasing member 48 is positioned on the pin 40 and biases the locking ring 42 into the locking seat 44. The pin 40 is movable against the biasing member 48 to release the locking ring 42 from the locking seat 44.
An extension pole 50 may also be included which is insertable into and is threadably coupled to the handle 26. The extension pole 50 facilitates reaching of elevated areas while painting. The handle 26 therefore has a threaded well extending therein for engaging with conventional extension poles 50.
In use, the pin 40 is moved against the biasing member 48 to release the locking ring 42 from the locking seat 44. The first mating member 36 is released from the second mating member 38 and the head 12 is pivoted relative to the handle 26. The pin 40 is released and the biasing member 48 biases the first mating member 36 against the second mating member 38 to releasable secure the head 12 to the handle 26. The above allows the user to alter the angle of the head 12 relative to the handle 26 to allow for painting in smaller areas and more particularly within corners of walls or ceilings. The coupler 32 may be configured such that the head 12 and handle 26 are specifically lockable relative to each other at either 45° or 90°.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
