Patent ID: 9522724
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: B64C,B64D

Claim Text:
1. A roller cover for use with a cylindrical roller, comprising: an elongate flexible hollow body defining an interior space with an opening to the interior space for receiving the cylindrical roller into the interior space via the opening, wherein the body has a longitudinal axis, wherein the body has a length and an internal diameter, wherein the length is greater than the internal diameter, wherein the opening extends along the length and has a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the body has a first conformation and a second conformation, wherein the body is biased toward the first conformation, wherein the opening is larger when the body is in the second conformation than when the body is in the first conformation, and wherein the body is configured to selectively flex about the longitudinal axis from the first conformation to the second conformation when being positioned over the cylindrical roller and then flex from the second conformation toward the first conformation upon receipt of the cylindrical roller within the interior space so that the cylindrical roller is captured within the interior space; a first restrictive feature extending from the body along the length of the body to adjacent the first side of the opening, wherein the first restrictive feature is configured to restrict rotation of the body in a first rotational direction about the longitudinal axis when the cylindrical roller is received in the interior space; and a second restrictive feature extending from the body adjacent the second side of the opening and along the length of the body, wherein the second restrictive feature is configured to restrict rotation of the body in a second rotational direction about the longitudinal axis when the cylindrical roller is received in the interior space, wherein the second rotational direction is opposite the first rotational direction.