Patent ID: 7691465
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: B05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A drop cloth system for use in protecting a surface area of a floor or other surface area against splatter during painting or otherwise coating an other surface, comprising a drop cloth and a support assembly for maintaining the drop cloth spread out on the surface area to be protected, the drop cloth having opposite end edges and opposite side edges, and the support assembly comprising stiff edge supports extending along substantially the entire length of two of the opposite edges of the drop cloth for preventing folding of the opposite edges along which the edge supports extend, and at least one spring strip means extending from one of the edge supports to the other edge support, the spring strip means being windable when extended between the edge supports to permit the drop cloth to be rolled up from one of the opposite edges along which the edge supports extend with the spring strip means wound up inside the rolled up drop cloth, and when the rolled up drop cloth is released, the spring strip means unwinds to unroll the drop cloth and the spring strip means is substantially straight when unwound to maintain the drop cloth substantially spread out on the surface area to be protected.