Patent Application
20250214367
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It is well-known to those skilled in the art that painting is a messy business. Ordinarily, painters have a plurality of brushes wet with paint in order to cover flat walls, ceilings, corners, edges, and the like without having to resort to going to some other storage to retrieve such items.
It would be convenient for painters to be able have all of the necessary equipment right at hand as they are in a painting project. Also, it would be convenient if the various wet paint containing tools of the trade were supported within a carrier tray. Thus, there are a number of cases, tools, and the like, in the commercial sector for them to utilize.
One such carry case can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,938,355 that issued Jul. 3, 1990, to Rocco in which a carrying case is disclosed that allows for carrying many tools. The uniqueness of the device is the recesses in the inside tool tray that are provided.
A painter's caddy is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,837,034 that issued Sep. 24, 1974, to Leffert et al in which there is disclosed a painter's utensil tray or paint rollers.
Disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,537,111 that issued on May 26, 2009, to Hart et al is a process of sealing open paint trays, paint cans, and wet brushes.
U.S. Patent publication 2009/0283361 that published on Nov. 19, 2009, in the name of Donald Gibson deals with a designed ladder top to accommodate tools.
Cull, in U.S. Pat. No. 8,003,362 that issued Oct. 11, 2011, discloses a caddy apparatus in conjunction with a ladder.
Disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 8,162,275 issued on Apr. 24, 2012, to Reusser deals with an attachment to a ladder for supporting paint cans.
Kiceniuk, Jr., et al in U.S. Pat. No. 8,887,940 that issued Nov. 18, 2014, deals with a container designed to hold tools.
U.S. Pat. No. 9,440,485 that issued to Krusoe on Sep. 13, 2016, deals with a paint caddy that supports a paint bucket on a shaft for transferring paint from the bucket to a paint pan.
Richard Thibault in U.S. design Pat. No. 783,218 S that issued on Apr. 4, 2017, discloses a wheeled caddy that is remotely similar to a mop bucket on wheels.
Alvarez in U.S. Patent publication 2022/0258529 that published on Aug. 18, 2022, deals with a bar and magnet assembly for removing excess paint from a brush.
Torres, in U.S. Publication 2023/0241911 that published on Aug. 3, 2023, discloses a holder for paint brushes that attaches to a paint roller pan.
Thus, what is disclosed and claimed herein is a paint carrier and caddy, the paint carrier and caddy comprising a carrier tray, wherein the carrier tray is of unitary construction.
The unitary tray has an inside bottom surface. There are also contained on the bottom surface, raised partitions, the raised partitions being at least one-half inch in height.
The carrier tray has a first side, a second side, a front end and a back end wherein the first side has a plurality of first notches therein to support handles of paint brushes.
The front side has a second notch in it for supporting a handle of a paint roller. The front end has an edge, and the edge contains an opening through it for allowing one to hang the tray on a hook or the like. The carrier tray contains a paint can support on the inside bottom surface.
Also considered an embodiment in this invention is a kit comprising a paint carrier and caddy as set forth just supra and a can with paint contained therein, a paint roller pan, at least one paintbrush, a long-handled paint roller, a short-handled paint roller, or any combination of the above.
Thus, what is disclosed and claimed herein is a paint carrier and caddy that is useful for professional painters as well as the home body do-it-yourselfers. The caddy provides a means by which the paint project can be essentially stain and smear free by virtue of the containment by the caddy of the utensils and tools that are used with the wet paint.
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There is a first side 6, a second side 7, a front end 8, and a back end 9. The first side 6 has at least one notch 10 in a top edge 11 although there is shown typically three such notches 10 owing to the number of brushes 16 that painters generally use.
The front end 8 has a front edge 12 and the front edge 12 has a notch 13 that holds the handle 14 of a long-handled paint roller 15.
Near raised partition 4 is located a grooved, flat, paint can holder 17 that is affixed to the bottom surface 3. This device is for holding gallon size paint cans (not shown) such that they will not tip over during movement of the tray 2, but it is contemplated within the scope of this invention to utilize smaller sized paint cans on this device. There is located in the front end 8, an opening 18 for attachment of a handle (not shown) or for a device to move the tray 2, such as a rod or leash (not shown).
Tray 2 is manufactured such that preferably, the outside top edge is rolled such that there are no sharp edges and the tray 2 can be lifted by such edges.
The tray is preferably manufactured from plastics or metals. Metals preferred are light weight steel and aluminum. Preferred plastics are vinyl, urethane, polyethylene, polypropylene, and cross-linked polyethylene. Most preferred plastics are polyethylene and cross-linked polyethylene.
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