Patent ID: 6575295
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A46B,B44D

Abstract:
A paint brush bristle holder allowing a user to cover a paint brush, wherein said paint brush comprises a handle and a lower assembly, wherein said lower assembly includes a shank portion, a stock, and a plurality of bristles, and wherein said lower assembly has a front, back, top, first side, second side, and bottom, comprising:a. a back panel, being substantially rectangular, and having a top boundary, a first side boundary, a second side boundary, and a bottom boundary; b. a top panel, being substantially rectangular, and having a top boundary, a first side boundary, a second side boundary, and a bottom boundary, wherein said bottom boundary of said top panel is foldably affixed to said top boundary of said back panel, and wherein said top panel opens into a handle hole passing completely therethrough; c. a top flap, being substantially rectangular, and having a top boundary, a first side boundary, a second side boundary, and a bottom boundary, wherein said bottom boundary of said top flap is foldably affixed to said top boundary of said top panel; d. a first side panel, having a top boundary, a first side boundary, a second side boundary, and a bottom boundary, wherein said first side boundary of said first side panel is foldably affixed to said first side boundary of said back panel; e. a first front flap, being substantially rectangular, and having a top boundary, a first side boundary, a second side boundary, and a bottom boundary, wherein said first side boundary of said first front flap is foldably affixed to said second side boundary of said first side panel; f. a second side panel, having a top boundary, a first side boundary, a second side boundary, and a bottom boundary, wherein said first side boundary of said second side panel is foldably affixed to said second side boundary of said back panel; g. a second front flap, being substantially rectangular, and having a top boundary, a first side boundary, a second side boundary, and a bottom boundary, wherein said first side boundary of said second front flap is foldably affixed to said second side boundary of said second side panel; h. a bottom panel, being substantially rectangular, and having a top boundary, a first side boundary, a second side boundary, and a bottom boundary, wherein said top boundary of said bottom panel is foldably affixed to said bottom boundary of said back panel; i. a cover flap, being substantially rectangular, and having a top boundary, a first side boundary, a second side boundary, and a bottom boundary, wherein said top boundary of said cover flap is foldably affixed to said bottom boundary of said bottom panel; and j. elastic securing means for securing said paint brush bristle holder to said paint brush after said user places said back panel against said back of said paint brush, folds said top panel against said top of said paint brush, places said handle through said handle hole, folds said first side panel against said first side of said brush, folds said second side panel against said second side of said brush, folds said bottom panel against said bottom of said brush, folds said first front flap over said front of said brush, folds said second front flap over said first front flap, and folds said cover flap over said second front flap.