Patent ID: 9682399
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B05C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A paint roller sleeve assembly, comprising: a. a rigid hollow cylindrical core in the form of a resiliently compressible tube having a length and a thin cylindrical tube wall, the tube wall defining a continuous slit extending longitudinally over all of said length, and the tube being free from any structures protruding inwardly from the tube wall and the cylindrical core thus being configured to fit around and be supported by a sleeve support portion of a paint roller handle assembly; b. a flexible tubular outer cover on surrounding the cylindrical core and kept tight thereon by elastic expansive force exerted outwardly by the cylindrical core, the outer cover having a paint-carrying pile layer and a backing layer; and c. wherein the cylindrical core is sufficiently elastic to be resiliently and temporarily reduced in diameter by a great enough distance to relax outward pressure of the cylindrical core against an interior of the outer cover and thus to enable the outer cover to be slid longitudinally along and removed from the core and similarly to be replaced onto the core without damage to the flexible tubular outer cover.