Patent ID: 6022588
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: B05C,B05D,B44D

Abstract:
A method of painting a surface with a hand tool having bifurcated roller portions that include a material which picks up and applies paint, the roller portions having inner ends spaced from each other and the roller portions rotating independently of each other with the roller portions being axially aligned such that the roller portions roll in a direction parallel to each other, the method of painting comprising the steps of:a) applying paint to at least a section of each of the roller portions, from a paint tray having two receptacles separated by a divider wherein each of the receptacles contains a paint with a different color characteristic, by dipping one roller portion into one of the receptacles and the other roller portion into the other receptacle such that the paint applied to the one roller portions has a color characteristic different from the paint applied to the other roller portion; and thenb) rolling the roller portions simultaneously over the surface to paint the surface by repeatedly turning the hand tool in an overlapping and arcing motion while the roller portions roll back and forth over the surface, such that portions of the surface painted by one roller portion are also painted by the other roller portion causing the paints having the different color characteristics to overlap and intermix.