Paintbrush holder

A device for holding a paintbrush from a lip or edge of a paint container such that the paintbrush bristles are allowed to be submerged at a controllable depth in the paint of the paint container.

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

The present invention relates generally to accessories for painting. More specifically, the present invention relates to a portable paintbrush holder which is detachably mounted around the handle of a paint brush.

BACKGROUND

Traditionally, when a painter desires to no longer grasp a paint brush, the painter must lay the wet paint brush on its side across the top of a paint container such that a handle of the paint brush comes into contact with one side of the lip of the paint where the lid provides structural support. In this orientation the bristles usually come in contact with the opposing side of the lip of the paint container. This positioning of the paint brush in this arrangement also causes the lip of the paint container to coat the handle of the paint brush and exposes the bristles of the paint brush to other objects or individuals moving around, near, or otherwise in proximity to the resting paint brush. Additionally, the bristles of the paintbrush would be exposed to the air in this position and the paint may undesirably dry on the bristles. Alternatively, a painter may rest a paintbrush in a tray or similar apparatus. This positioning may also expose the bristles of the paintbrush to the air and undesirably dry the paint on the bristles and the additional apparatuses occupy valuable space and may be cumbersome to transport.

To prevent paint from drying to the bristles of a paintbrush, a painter may place the paintbrush with the bristles orientated directly into the paint in a paint container. However, when the painter retrieves the submerged paintbrush, the bristles may be completely saturated and paint may have intruded the ferrule. Fully saturated bristles and a ferrule intruded with paint would be undesirable as that would represent an excess of paint on the brush which would likely prevent adequate cleaning of paint from the paintbrush. Furthermore, without adequate cleaning, a paintbrush would be contaminated with the most recently used paint. Additionally, saturated bristles would reduce or prevent optimum control of paint applied to a surface. Thus, it would be desirable for a painter to rest a wet paintbrush such that a desired section of the bristles of the paintbrush may be submerged in paint within a paint container.

SUMMARY

The disclosure presented herein relates to one or more paint brush holders configured for detachable installment on and over the upper rim of a paint container, the paint brush holder comprising a ring configured to slide over a handle of a paintbrush and an arm connected to the ring, wherein when the ring has been slid over the handle of the paint brush, the arm and paintbrush configured together function as an anchor to hold onto the upper rim of the paint container, wherein the arm is made of a rigid material, wherein the arm projects at a downward angle from the ring, the arm comprised of an elongated component, the ring comprised of a strip implement, the implement at a lower elevation than a top surface of the ring, the implement at a higher elevation than the bottom surface of the ring.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present invention recognizes the unsolved need for an improved system and method that attaches to the lip of a paint container while holding a paint brush at a predetermined depth in a paint container such that the bristles of the paintbrush may be submerged in paint within a paint container wherein the bristles will not be completely saturated and paint may have intruded the ferrule.

With reference now toFIG. 1, one exemplary embodiment of paint brush holder system100according to the present invention is generally designated. Paint brush holder system100may include a ring such as ring101to slide over a handle of a paintbrush. Ring101may be elliptical in shape; however, this is non-limiting and may be circular, square, rectangular, octagonal, hexagonal, or any other shape that is capable of allowing a paint brush to pass through and secure said paint brush. In other non-limiting embodiments there may be multiple paint brush holders capable of holding a paintbrush arranged around the perimeter of the upper rim of a paint bucket.

Ring101may include an implement such as implement104. Ring101may be in the form of a discorectangle or stadium and made of an implement104and an arc portion such that implement104joins two points on the arc portion of ring101whereby the chord of a discorectangle or circle is a straight line segment whose endpoints both lie on a circular arc, wherein implement104be positioned at a lower elevation than a top surface such as top surface110of ring101and a higher elevation than a bottom surface such as bottom surface112of ring101to facilitate additional flexibility of ring101when slid over the handle of a paintbrush. Ring101and implement104may be fashioned from an elastic material wherein implement104facilitates stretching of ring101to accommodate variably sized paintbrush handles. Additionally, implement104allows a user to adjust the position of ring101when slid over a handle of a paintbrush such that a user can control the depth to which the bristles are submerged in a paint container.

As illustrated inFIG. 2andFIG. 3, a side view and rear view of paint brush holder system100shows ring101attached to an arm such as arm102. Arm102may be rigid and project at a downward angle from ring101. Arm102may have a handle like shape with an elongated component such as elongated component114. When a paintbrush handle is situated within ring101, the paint brush handle and the elongated component114together function as an anchor to hold onto a lip or edge of a paint container. Elongated component114may be of any length and specifically tailored to provide a proper anchoring balance support to the paint brush handle and sized to fit any paint container.

As illustrated inFIG. 4andFIG. 5, ring101may be substantially elliptical with an opening such as opening103wherein ring101may be slid over the handle of a paintbrush and contact a substantial periphery of the paint brush handle.

As illustrated inFIG. 6, implement104may be located within ring101wherein implement104is a horizontal elongated strip of less height and area than the adjacent portions of ring101such that implement104is of a lower elevation than top surface110of ring101and a higher elevation than bottom surface112of ring101. Implement104forms two mirror U-shaped openings in ring101. Implement104may be fashioned from elastic material such that ring101may stretch over a handle of a paintbrush and, once situated on the handle, compress the ring101into a secure position on the paint brush handle. Alternatively, in one or more non-limiting embodiments, implement104and ring101may be fashioned from elastic material to similarly stretch over the handle of a paintbrush and compress into a secure position on the paint brush handle. The different implementation in the elasticity of ring101and implement104are useful for different shaped handles, the longevity of paint brush holding system100, and the needs of a cheaper price during the manufacturing process.

As shown inFIG. 7-FIG. 10, a paint brush such as paint brush300may be captured and retained by ring101and implement104when paint brush300is slid into ring101. Ring101and/or implement104may be stretched to a specific size to accommodate paint brush300. After such an installation, paint brush holding system100may be installed over the side of a paint container such as paint container200, wherein arm102comes into contact with paint container200and elongated component114comes into contact with the exterior of paint container200. Paint brush300and arm102effectively embrace paint container200and hold paint brush300at the desired depth within paint container200.

In this manner, the brush bristles of paint brush300may be suspended at a desired point within the liquid paint in paint container200so that only the tips of the bristles or desired length of bristles is wetted. This keeps the brush fresh for continued use and preventing the paint from drying in the bristles while not allowing for over saturation. The depth of paint brush300may be readjusted by stretching ring101and/or implement104and placing stretched ring104and/or implement104over paint brush300at the desired point.

In some embodiments there may be multiple rings wherein rings may be slid over the handles of multiple paintbrushes and contact a substantial periphery of the multiple paint brush handle.

The corresponding structures, materials, acts, and equivalents of all means or step plus function elements in the claims below are intended to include any structure, material, or act for performing the function in combination with other claimed elements as specifically claimed. The description of the present invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description but is not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the invention in the form disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and the practical application, and to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the invention for various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. The present invention according to one or more embodiments described in the present description may be practiced with modification and alteration within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Thus, the description is to be regarded as illustrative instead of restrictive of the present invention.