Patent ID: 6330731
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: B05C

Abstract:
An apparatus for creating a faux finish on a surface, the apparatus comprising:a) a dual roller handle; andb) a pair of roller covers each mounted for independent rotation thereon and each including a core and a raised foam pattern mounted to the core, the core including a pair of core ends and a circumferential area between the pair of ends, the foam pattern having an outer foam surface, a perimeter and distinct edges at least at the perimeter of the foam pattern, with the foam pattern sized, shaped and positioned about the core to create adjacent edges and a gap between the adjacent edges when the foam pattern is received on the core, the foam pattern covering a substantial portion of the circumferential area of the core so as to provide each roller cover with a substantial area of the outer foam surface, the core being free of foam at least at the gap and around substantially all of the circumferential area of each core end, the foam pattern of one roller cover adapted to absorb a paint having at least one different visually perceptible characteristic than a paint absorbed by the foam pattern of the other roller cover so as to apply the paint from the outer surfaces of the foam patterns onto a surface when the apparatus is moved in an overlapping motion over the surface, blending the paints on at least a portion of the surface by movement of the outer foam surfaces of the foam patterns of the pair of roller covers over the surface, the edges of each foam pattern configured to discharge the respective paints as distinct but muted edge discharge marks that appear as at least fragmentary portions of an outline of the raised foam pattern, with the edge discharge marks of one foam pattern distinguishable from the edge discharge marks of the other foam pattern due to the different visually perceptible characteristic of the paint and with the edge discharge marks combining with blended paint portions to produce the faux finish on the surface with at least some edge discharge marks overlaid upon the blended paint portions.