Patent Application
20190160860
The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present disclosure. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art nor material to the presently described or claimed inventions, nor that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
The present invention relates generally to the field of painting accessories and more specifically relates to a paint can holder.
A paintbrush can only hold a fixed amount of paint at a time. It is therefore necessary, when painting with a paintbrush, to have a supply of paint accessible to the painter for replenishing the brush when required. This is often accomplished by placing a can of paint near the area being painted or holding a can of paint with one hand and painting with the brush in the other. It is often difficult to hold a paint can while painting. Additionally, the painter may be working for an extended period of time, it is also important and desirable that paint is readily accessible and allows the painter to comfortably replenish his paintbrush when necessary. A suitable solution is desired.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,527,720 to Arthur R. Hayes relates to a paint can holder or the like. The described paint can holder is adapted to be suspended from the belt of the user thereof and supports a container such as a paint bucket by the bail thereof. Due to an additional pivot in the device, the container will remain level and not spill the contents thereof as the user moves about.
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known painting accessories art, the present disclosure provides a novel paint can holster system. The general purpose of the present disclosure, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a hands-free paint can hip holster apparatus.
A paint can holster system is disclosed herein. The paint can holster system includes a holster assembly including a semi-arcuate support member having a first-end, and a second-end, a stabilizing brace having an aperture, a first-fastener, and a second-fastener. The holster assembly is defined by the semi-arcuate support member, the stabilizing brace, the first-fastener, and the second-fastener. The semi-arcuate support member is affixed to and extends from the stabilizing brace with an open-end opposing the stabilizing brace. The first-fastener is positioned at the first-end of the semi-arcuate support member. The second-fastener is positioned at the second-end of the semi-arcuate support member opposing the first-fastener. The first-fastener and the second fastener are configured to pivotally support a paint can. The first-fastener and the second fastener allow the paint can to swivel during an in use-condition. The aperture is configured to receive a belt for securing the holster assembly at a hip of a user-wearer for providing ready access to contents of the paint can.
For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description.
The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and methods of use for the present disclosure, a paint can holster system, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present disclosure.
The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements.
As discussed above, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to paint accessories and more particularly to a paint can holster system as used to improve the use of paint cans and provides readily accessible paint for use.
Generally, the present invention is a device that maintains a paint can at hip height in a hands-free manner. This device includes both the half-moon attachment arm, stabilizing brace to secure against the wearers hip as well as the paint can for use at hip height or when both hands must not be occupied. The functional advantage is safety, convenience, and significantly reduced potential paint spillage. The paint can swivels at two hinges, keeping the can at 180 degrees to the ground regardless of the positioning of the wearer.
Referring now more specifically to the drawings by numerals of reference, there is shown in
The first-fastener 136 is positioned at the first-end 122 of the semi-arcuate support member 120. The second-fastener 138 is positioned at the second-end 126 of the semi-arcuate support member opposing the first-fastener 120. The first-fastener 136 and the second fastener 138 are configured to pivotally support a paint can 10. The first-fastener 136 and the second fastener 138 allow the paint can 10 to swivel during an in use-condition. The aperture 132 is configured to receive a belt 20 for securing the holster assembly 110 at a hip of a user-wearer for providing ready access to contents of the paint can 10. The paint can 10 when secured within the semi-arcuate support member 120 is adjacent to a body of the user-wearer 140.
The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.
