Patent ID: 6996872
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: B44D

Abstract:
1. A molded plastic paint roller tray having a bottom wall and side and end walls, a paint roller reservoir adjacent one end wall of said tray, a roll off area sloping upwardly away from said paint roller reservoir, a support member longitudinally spaced from said paint roller reservoir for maintaining the slope of said roll off area when said tray is placed on a flat surface, a hollow closed loop rib extending along an upper edge of one or more of said side and end walls, said rib having spaced apart opposite ends integrally formed with said one or more side and end walls such that said one or more side and end walls forms one side of said rib, said support member being hollow and having a closed bottom and open top to provide at least one compartment for holding a paint brush, said support member also having an inner wall and an outer wall outwardly spaced from said inner wall that form inner and outer walls of said compartment, said inner wall being integral with an uppermost end of said roll off area and extending upwardly above the uppermost end of said roll off area across the width of said tray to make said compartment deeper and separate said compartment from said roll off area, and a plurality of laterally spaced longitudinally extending hollow closed loop ribs on an under side of said roll off area, said laterally spaced ribs having spaced apart opposite ends integrally formed with said under side of said roll off area such that said under side of said roll off area forms one side of said laterally spaced ribs.