Patent ID: 6871376
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: B05C

Abstract:
1. A paint roller, comprising: a fixed rod, a first straight portion of said rod forming a roller arm, a second portion of said rod being bcnt to form a handle portion perpendicular to said first roller arm portion, said second portion of said rod connected to a shaped handle; a rotatable inner tube removably mounted on said roller arm portion of said rod, said inner tube being secured to said arm by a snap locking means; a rotatable swivel ball attached to the outer end, opposite said handle, of said inner tube; a rotatable swivel block mounted over said swivel ball, said swivel cap capable of being swiveled up to about 30-degrees relative to said roller arm rod; a rotatable outer cylindrical roller tube concentrically mounted over said inner tube, said outer roller tube supported at the handle end by a rotatable circular end-cap and end-cap screw-end at the outer swivel end by a rotatable swivel end-cap and separate swivel screw, said end-cap screw being positioned over said roller arm and affixed to said handle end of said inner tube, said swivel end-cap and swivel screw affixed to said swivel end of said inner tube, said swivel screw being recessed into said swivel end cap; and a flexible cylindrical roller sock cover for holding and dispensing paint pulled tightly over said outer cylindrical roller tube, the ends of said roller sock being positioned over said rotatable end-caps and secured by said end-cap screw at said handle end and by said swivel screw at said swivel end, said roller sock being stretched outwardly parallel to said roller arm as said swivel end-cap rotates, thereby providing a diagonal outer end on said paint roller for painting a straight line in corners without applying paint to an adjacent perpendicular surface.