Patent ID: 6419194
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: A46B,B44D

Abstract:
A paint brush holder for attachment to any one container of several containers encountered in the field to hold a paint brush suspended in a generally vertical orientation over an interior of the one container, each container having an essentially cylindrical wall with a curved rim following a curve along the cylindrical wall, an exterior surface and an interior surface, the paint brush holder being adapted for attachment to the one container at the curved rim of the one container and to conform to variations encountered in the curve of the rim among the several containers, the paint brush holder comprising:a basal member extending longitudinally and having altitudinally depending clamp jaws located along a basal curve generally concentric with the curve of the rim of the container, and a support extending laterally for location over the interior of the container when the basal member is placed over the curved rim of the container, the basal member including a central portion having longitudinally opposite sides, and a resiliently flexible arcuate arm projecting from each of the opposite sides to extend along the basal curve from a root at the central portion to a remote tip; and a clip member on the support, the clip member having clip jaws for holding the paint brush in the vertical orientation, the clip jaws extending laterally relative to the support for suspending the paint brush over the interior of the container; the clamp jaws including first clamp jaws spaced apart along the basal curve for engaging one of the interior and exterior surfaces of the container, and at least one second clamp jaw located along the basal curve for engaging the other of the interior and exterior surfaces, the first clamp jaws being located one each adjacent the tip of each arcuate arm, and the second clamp jaw being located at the central portion of the basal member such that the resilient flexibility of the arcuate arms enables conformance of the basal member to the variations encountered in the curve at the rim among the several containers and the first and second clamp jaws will attach the basal member securely in place along the curved rim of the one container.