Patent ID: 8029427
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B05C

Abstract:
1. A paint roller system comprising: a handle; an applicator support frame depending from the handle, wherein the applicator support frame (i) has a base portion that includes a first opening, (ii) is contoured so as to define an axle portion, the axle portion including a free distal end including a second opening, and (iii) includes an interior frame channel extending between, and communicating with, the first and second openings; an actuator carried by the handle and including a finger-engaging portion accessible from the exterior of the handle for reciprocation of the actuator between first and second actuator positions; a flexible linkage snaked through the frame channel and including a first linkage end coupled to the actuator and a second linkage end corresponding with the distal end of the axle portion and terminating in one of (i) a lug with a keyed periphery and (ii) a socket with a keyed interior boundary; a roller disposed for rotation about the axle portion and configured to support for rotation about the axle portion a cylindrical paint applicator, the roller including the other of (i) the lug with the keyed periphery and (ii) the central socket with a keyed interior boundary; wherein