Abstract:
An insert is deployed in an applicable paint bucket to provide for rolling a paint roller along the insert to uniformly distribute a desired quantity of paint from the paint bucket onto the paint roller. Applicable paint bucket have structures which provide for a secure placement of the insert where the insert remains in a proper operational orientation during a painting session. The insert has a paint contact area with an upper portion thereof retained at an angular orientation somewhat offset from vertical when installed in the applicable paint bucket. This arrangement provides for the user to stand upright during use of a paint roller with an extension handle. In this manner the painter is constantly in a comfortable stance during painting. In the preferred embodiment the insert has securement structures which extend outward on opposing sides of the paint contact area at the upper extent.

Description:
RELATED PATENT APPLICATION 
       [0001]    A Utility Patent application is being filed by the sole Inventor of this application on the same date as the filing of this application and having a title of: “ROLLABLE PAINT BUCKET”. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0002]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0003]    Generally, the invention relates to inserts having a surface for distributing paint on a paint roller. More specifically, the invention relates to such inserts capable of being relatively securely positioned in a paint bucket having means to retain the insert. 
         [0004]    2. Description of the Prior Art 
         [0005]    Various methods are known to apply paint to a wall surface. It may be mechanically sprayed on the wall surface without any paint retaining structure actually touching the wall surface. This method is not directly applicable to the present invention and will not be discussed further. Typically a paint retaining structural element will have paint placed on the paint retaining structural element with transfer of such paint occurring by wiping or rolling the paint retaining structural element on the wall surface. The two most common painting tools having applicable paint retaining structural elements are the paint brush and the paint roller. The present invention may be utilized with paint brushes to significantly enhance the painting experience during use of the paint brush. The present invention is generally related to use of the paint roller. Paint rollers have a cylindrical portion with a paint retaining surface, such as a mat material, rotationally mounted to a manipulation part, typically in the form of a handle. Most modern paint roller handles have means to attach a long extension handle thereto, such as a female threaded cavity in the end of the handle to receive threads on a male end of the long extension handle. During use paint is gathered on the paint retaining surface of the cylindrical portion to a desired uniformity and density and then the paint retaining surface is rolled along the wall surface to transfer the paint to the wall surface. 
         [0006]    The rolling surface of inserts having features of the present invention preferably will be of sufficient width to operate with conventional paint rollers. Paint rolling surfaces conventionally known typically are of such width. It being understood that all such existing prior art structures having rolling surfaces, as well as the present invention, can be used with hand held paint brushes where excess paint is removed from the brush during painting. The following general description of known rolling surfaces, and how and where they are deployed, will focus on such rolling surfaces of a width sufficient to accommodate a standard width paint roller. 
         [0007]    Painters of wall surfaces who use paint rollers have personal preferences for painting equipment utilized during their respective painting. Generally, painters who utilize a paint roller roll the roller across the surface of the fresh paint, and then roll the roller over a rolling surface to uniformly distribute the paint onto the roller while removing any excess paint from the roller. The following description depicts several known arrangements of a paint containment area and an associated paint rolling surface area for paint rollers. It is universally accepted that the paint rolling surface area permit the paint to drain back into the paint containment area subsequent to the paint roller being rolled over the paint rolling surface area. 
         [0008]    The two most common methods of containment of the paint with the most common method of providing a rolling surface near the contained paint are used during this description. 
         [0009]    The first method is use of a bulk paint container, such as a round five gallon bulk paint bucket, with an assembly with a rolling surface which hangs inside the bulk container from the lip. This method is popular with commercial painters. With this method the painter works directly from the round bulk paint container with the rolling surface standing vertically, or nearing vertical, inside the bulk container. In order to utilize the assembly with the rolling surface in such a bulk container the bulk container must contain well less than the containment capacity of paint where a large portion of the assembly is above the level of the paint. In use the paint roller will be placed in contact with the paint and then rolled along the rolling surface of the hanging assembly to generally uniformly distribute the paint on the roller. This arrangement, while widely utilized by painters, has several drawbacks. The opening to such bulk containers are not much wider than the roller assembly being inserted into the bulk container. This limits the displacement of the paint roller over the surface of the paint where fresh paint may be gathered by a greater surface area of the paint roller as the paint roller rotates. This becomes even more of a problem as the level of paint in the bulk container drops as such round bulk containers always narrow slightly when going toward the base. Additionally, the confined opening and the limited space within the bulk container, especially when considering the presence of the hanging assembly, causes several problems. Occasionally the painter will inadvertently bring the paint roller into contact with the lip of the bulk container while attempting to place the paint roller into the bulk container to replenish the supply of paint on their paint roller. When this unintended contact occurs some of the paint remaining on the paint roller will be transferred to the lip and sides, interior and exterior, of the bulk container. This occasionally results in paint be deposited on the floor or more often on the protective coverings placed on the floor during the painting. Even when all of the paint on the lip and the exterior wall remain on the bulk container it makes it difficult to handle the bulk container during the painting session and during the cleanup procedure. Another problem relates to the limited sight ability of the painter into the bulk container to fully observe their paint replenishing operation. This makes it difficult to be consistent during the fresh paint gathering operation, to gather the desired quantity of fresh paint, and during the rolling operation, to uniformly distribute the paint on the paint roller. Yet another problem is the limited angular orientation range that the hanging paint rolling surface may be placed in due to space limitations. Often the paint rolling surface will be positioned at a generally vertical orientation which is not a convenient angular orientation for most painters to use. Even when angularly offset from vertical the greatest angular offset possible is insufficient to provide for comfortable use. In order to provide some offset from vertical it is known in the art to have the lower extent of the hanging assembly structurally retained to be slightly away from the curved interior wall of the bulk container that it is resting against. This orientation unfortunately makes it more likely that the painter will inadvertently contact the hanging assembly with some portion of the paint roller subsequent to gather fresh paint below the hanging assembly. Such contact has been known to displace the hanging assembly, including complete removal from the bulk container. Such contact also has been known to cause a tipping of the bulk container, including to the point where paint is spilled from the bulk container. 
         [0010]    The second method is use of a paint roller pan with an upward sloped rolling surface extending from a deeper paint containment end. Typically these paint roller pans contain no more than a gallon of paint at a time and are rectangular in shape, with slightly rounded corners, when viewed from above. Such paint roller pans will often have structures thereon to position the pan in a stable and secure manner on a ladder at an elevated position above the floor. This ladder placement method permits the painter to stand on the ladder during painting. This orientation is more often used with a handheld paint brush than with a paint roller. When a paint roller pan is used with a paint roller with long handle assembly, the paint roller pan will often rest on the floor adjacent the wall surface being painted. This method places the paint rolling surface at an angular orientation which is slightly offset from horizontal. Many painters find this angular orientation less desirable than one of similar offset from vertical. This method also typically has the paint rolling surface built into the pan. This make for a more difficult cleanup operation than desired. This also provides only the texture of the deployed paint rolling surface. This eliminates selection of other surface textures for the rolling surface where some alternative surface texture might be superior depending upon other factors involved with the painting session. This method typically has a fairly shallow pan with only a few inches of wall surrounding the surface of the paint when the pan is filled to the maximum intended level. This often results in sloshing of paint over the surrounding wall and onto the floor or the protective covering placed on the floor when attempting to replenish the paint supply on the paint roller prior to engaging in the rolling operation to generally uniformly distribute the paint on the paint roller. 
         [0011]    As can be seen each of these methods suffer from various deficiencies. There remains a need for an insert for paint buckets where the insert has a paint contact area for rolling of a paint roller thereon to uniformly distribute paint on the paint roller while the paint contact area of the insert is securely retained in a proper angular orientation for comfortable use. The present invention substantially fulfills these needs. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0012]    In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known methods of providing a rolling surface, positioned relative to a paint container, to roll a paint roller against to uniformly distribute paint on the paint roller, your applicant has devised an insert capable of being relatively securely positioned relative to a paint container. 
         [0013]    The insert is for deployment in a paint bucket to provide for rolling a paint roller along the insert to uniformly distribute a desired quantity of paint from the paint bucket onto the paint roller. Applicable paint bucket have a paint containment area having an upper extent and a lower extent. The applicable paint bucket will have opposing anchoring portions to secure the insert against any foreseeable displacement except deliberate removal of the insert. The insert has a paint roller contact area having a width and a height. The width of the paint roller contact area has opposing side edges while the height of the paint roller contact area extends substantially along the opposing side edges of the width of the paint roller contact area and has an upper extent and a lower extent. The paint roller contact area is oriented in the applicable paint bucket, when installed, with the lower extent of the height inside the paint containment area of the applicable paint bucket and the upper extent of the height at the upper extent of the paint containment area of the paint bucket. The paint roller contact area is for rolling the paint roller along the height of the paint roller contact area to distribute a desired quantity of paint from the applicable paint bucket onto the paint roller. The insert also has an upper extent portion which extends across the upper extent of the height of the paint roller contact area and beyond the width of the paint roller contact area on the opposing side edges of the width of the paint roller contact area. The portions of the upper extent which extend beyond the width of the paint roller contact area on the opposing side edges of the width of the paint contact area provide for engagement of the opposing anchoring portions of the applicable paint bucket to secure the insert relative to the paint bucket. 
         [0014]    My invention resides not in any one of these features per se, but rather in the particular combinations of them herein disclosed and it is distinguished from the prior art in these particular combinations of these structures for the functions specified. 
         [0015]    There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. 
         [0016]    It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide for an insert which can easily be installed in applicable paint buckets to provide a paint contact area to roll a paint roller against to properly distribute fresh paint onto the paint roller. 
         [0017]    Other objects include; 
         [0018]    a) to provide for the insert to be removable from the applicable paint bucket where the insert can be properly cleaned to remove all paint therefrom during a clean up procedure following a painting session. 
         [0019]    b) to provide for the insert to be relatively securely retained on the applicable paint bucket where it remains in a proper operational orientation during the entire painting session. 
         [0020]    c) to provide for the insert to be retained at an operational angular orientation on the applicable paint bucket where the painter may perform a fresh paint gathering operation and a rolling of the paint roller on the insert to uniformly distribute the fresh paint on the paint roller while the painter stands up straight in a comfortable stance. 
         [0021]    d) to provide for the insert to be secured at both opposing upper securement locations and at a lower securement location where the insert cannot inadvertently be displaced from the operational location during the painting procedure. 
         [0022]    e) to provide for the insert to have the paint contact area where the paint roller is rolled to be formed of a wire mesh material having a plurality of passageways therethrough to provide a superior paint distribution operation on the paint roller. 
         [0023]    f) to provide for the insert to be extremely inexpensive where it is economically feasible to utilize a new insert for each painting session. 
         [0024]    g) to provide for the insert to have a modest angular change near a lower extent of the insert where the lower extent of the paint contact area is retained generally vertical in applicable paint buckets while the upper portion is angled away from a paint access area at a comfortable angle. 
         [0025]    These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated the preferred embodiments of the invention. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0026]    The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein; 
           [0027]      FIG. 1  is a perspective view of an insert for a paint bucket. 
           [0028]      FIG. 2  is a perspective view of a frame for the insert. 
           [0029]      FIG. 3  is a side elevational view of the insert shown in  FIG. 1 . 
           [0030]      FIG. 4  is a front elevational view of a sheet material. 
           [0031]      FIG. 5  is a perspective view of the sheet material shown in  FIG. 4 . 
           [0032]      FIG. 6  is a perspective view of a paint bucket which may utilize the insert shown in  FIG. 1 . 
           [0033]      FIG. 7  is a top plan view of the paint bucket shown in  FIG. 6 . 
           [0034]      FIG. 8  is a side elevational view of the paint bucket depicted in  FIG. 6  with the insert, portions of a workpiece paint roller assembly and select portions of the paint bucket depicted with dashed ‘hidden lines’ to depict placement and orientation of various components. 
           [0035]      FIG. 9  is an elevational view of a workpiece paint roller and labeled as ‘Prior Art’. 
       
    
    
     DESCRIPTION 
       [0036]    Many different devices having features of the present invention are possible. The following description describes the preferred embodiment of select features of those devices and various combinations thereof. These features may be deployed in various combinations to arrive at various desired working configurations of devices. 
         [0037]    Reference is hereafter made to the drawings where like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the various views. 
         [0038]    An insert  20 , shown in  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 8 , is for deployment in a workpiece paint bucket  22 , shown in  FIG. 6 ,  FIG. 7  and  FIG. 8 . Once deployed in workpiece paint bucket  22  insert  20  provides for rolling of a workpiece paint roller  24 , shown in  FIG. 8  and  FIG. 9 , along insert  20  to generally uniformly distribute workpiece paint  26 , shown in  FIG. 6 , previously gathered from workpiece paint bucket  22  onto workpiece paint roller  24 . 
         [0039]    The present invention operates with various workpieces during use. Workpiece paint bucket  22 , workpiece paint roller  24  and workpiece paint  26  are the most common of these workpieces. Workpiece paint roller  24  and workpiece paint  26  are prior art items well known. Workpiece paint bucket  22  depicted is an invention of the applicant and is subject to a separate Patent application filed at the time of filing of the present invention. 
         [0040]    Workpiece paint roller  24  provides for a rolling of workpiece paint roller  24  along the insert having features of the present invention to generally uniformly distribute workpiece paint  26  previously gathered from workpiece paint bucket  22  onto workpiece paint roller  24 . 
         [0041]    Applicable workpiece paint bucket  22  will have a paint containment area  28 , shown in  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 7 , having an upper extent  30 , shown in  FIG. 6 , a lower extent  32 , shown in  FIG. 7 , and a high operational paint capacity level  34 , shown in  FIG. 6 . High operational paint capacity level is a level to which workpiece paint  26  is routinely placed in workpiece paint bucket  22 . Workpiece paint bucket  22  will have opposing anchoring portions  36  and  38 , both shown in  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 7 , opposing lower anchoring portion  39  and  40 , both shown in  FIG. 7 , and a center lower anchoring portion  41 , shown in  FIG. 7 . Lower anchoring portion  40  is positioned generally at lower extent  32  of paint containment area  28 . Workpiece paint bucket  22  preferably will have an insert contact surface  42 , shown in  FIG. 7 , positioned generally within paint containment area  28 . Insert contact surface  42  acts to engage at least a substantial portion of a paint roller contact area  44 , shown in  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 8 , of insert  20  during deployment of insert  20  in workpiece paint bucket  22 . This contact provides for pressure bearing support during rolling of workpiece paint roller  24  along insert  20  to distribute desired a quantity of workpiece paint  26  from workpiece paint bucket  22  onto workpiece paint roller  24 . This acts to prevent inadvertent damage to insert  20  from occurring during usage. Workpiece paint bucket  22  has a user accessible end  46 , shown in  FIG. 6 ,  FIG. 7  and  FIG. 8 , where the user, not shown in any of the views, would routinely stand during use of workpiece paint bucket  22 . 
         [0042]    Paint roller contact area  44 , in certain embodiments, will be formed of a primary portion  48 , shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 3 , and an auxiliary portion  50 , shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 3 , having some readily identifiable configuration distinction therebetween. Such configuration distinction preferably will involve some deployed angular orientation distinction. Primary portion  48  and auxiliary portion  50  of paint roller contact area  44  preferably will each be at least substantially planar although a curvature of either or both portions is envisioned. In the most preferred embodiment shown in the drawings, primary portion  48  and auxiliary portion  50  are both substantially planar with a transition portion  52 , shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 3 , therebetween. Transition portion  52 , depending upon the material utilized and construction method utilized can be a short linear juncture or a bending of a common material, as depicted, which substantially forms both primary portion  48  and auxiliary portion  50 . 
         [0043]    Paint roller contact area  44  provides for rolling of workpiece paint roller  24  therealong to distribute a desired quantity of workpiece paint  26  from workpiece paint bucket  22  onto workpiece paint roller  24 . 
         [0044]    Paint roller contact area  44  will have a width  54 , shown in  FIG. 1 , defined by opposing side edges  56  and  58 , both shown in  FIG. 1 . Paint roller contact area  44  may have a frame assembly  60 , shown in  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 3 , as depicted in the views, at least partially surrounding paint roller contact area  44 . In certain embodiments paint roller contact area will extend complete to the opposing side edges. 
         [0045]    Paint roller contact area  44  will have a height  62 , shown in  FIG. 3 , extending substantially along opposing side edges  56  and  58  of width  54  of paint roller contact area  44 . In certain embodiments paint roller contact area will only include areas corresponding to those depicted as primary portion  48  and will exclude auxiliary portion  50 . In those instances the height of those embodiments will not be inclusive of both primary portion  48  and auxiliary portion  50 . 
         [0046]    Primary portion  48 , in certain embodiments, will be the entire intended paint roller contact area  64 , shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 3 . In these instances auxiliary portion  50  will preferably be available to contact workpiece paint roller  24  if rolled beyond lower extent  66 , shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 3 , of paint roller contact area  64 . In these instances, during routine use, workpiece paint roller  24  will ideally only be rolled along paint roller contact area  64  and not along auxiliary portion  50 . 
         [0047]    Primary portion  48  will have a dimensional size  68 , shown in  FIG. 1 , while auxiliary portion  50  will have a dimensional size  70 , shown in  FIG. 1 . Dimensional size  68  of primary portion  48  preferably is significantly greater than dimensional size  70  of auxiliary portion  50 . 
         [0048]    Primary portion  48  of paint roller contact area  44  resides generally on a single plane  72 , shown in  FIG. 3 , while auxiliary portion  50  of paint roller contact area  44  resides generally on a single plane  74 , shown in  FIG. 3 . Preferably plane  72  of primary portion  48  of paint roller contact area  44  is substantially offset from plane  74  of auxiliary portion  50  of paint roller contact area  44 . 
         [0049]    When insert  20  is deployed in workpiece paint bucket  22  primary portion  48  is positioned above auxiliary portion  50 . When insert  20  is deployed in workpiece paint bucket  22  preferably at least a substantial portion of auxiliary portion  50  will be at least substantially elevationally below high operational paint capacity level  34  of paint containment area  28 . Similarly, preferably at least a substantial portion of primary portion  48  will be at least substantially elevationally above high operational paint capacity level  34  of paint containment area  28 . This will provide for primary portion  48  to be used for rolling of workpiece paint roller  24  without inadvertently reapplying workpiece paint  26  thereon from paint containment area  28 . 
         [0050]    In certain preferred embodiments, insert  20  will have an extending portion  76 , shown in  FIG. 1 , to provide for engagement of structures on workpiece paint bucket  22  to secure insert  20  relative to workpiece paint bucket  22 . In the embodiment depicted extending portion  76  extends completely across an upper extent  78 , shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 3 , of insert  20  with opposing ends  80  and  82 , both shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 , extending beyond width  54  of paint roller contact area  44  on opposing side edges  56  and  58  of paint roller contact area  44 . Opposing ends  80  and  82  of extending portion  76  provide for engagement of opposing anchoring portions  36  and  38  respectively of workpiece paint bucket  22  to secure insert  20  relative to workpiece paint bucket  22 . 
         [0051]    While inserts having features of the present invention can have paint roller contact areas which are a solid material with some applicable texture or surface configuration thereon or may have a plurality of passageways therethrough. As depicted it is preferred to have a plurality of passageways  84 , shown in  FIG. 1 , through paint roller contact area  44 . This provides for drainage of workpiece paint  26  during usage to more rapidly and consistently distribute a desired uniformity of workpiece paint  26  onto workpiece paint roller  24 . Applicable passageways may have nearly any desired shape or configuration, it is preferred to have each passageway  84  have a hexagon shape with a six sided perimeter  86 , shown in  FIG. 1 . Conventionally available commercial paint roller assemblies typically have a parallelogram shape with a four sided perimeter with each of the opposite sets of sides being parallel and equal in length. The depicted use of hexagon shaped passageways  84  ensures ready identification of inserts having features of the present invention from conventionally available commercial paint roller assemblies having the four sided diamond shaped passageways. 
         [0052]    As depicted primary portion  48  of paint roller contact area  44  preferably has an angular orientation  88 , shown in  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 8 , in workpiece paint bucket  22  when insert  20  is deployed where angular orientation  88  is significantly offset from vertical. This arrangement provides for the user to use the insert in applicable workpiece paint buckets while standing in a comfortable stance while affording adequate line of sight to observe the workpiece paint gathering procedure. Similarly auxiliary portion  50  of paint roller contact area  44  has an angular orientation  90 , shown in  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 8 , in workpiece paint bucket  22  when insert  20  is deployed which is substantially vertical. 
         [0053]    Paint roller contact area  44  has a surrounding perimeter  92 , shown in  FIG. 1 . A frame portion  94 , shown in  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 3 , extends at least substantially around surrounding perimeter  92  of paint roller contact area  44 . Frame portion  94  is formed of a frame material  96 , shown in  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 3 , folded over to engage and secure a sheet material  98 , shown in  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 5 , forming paint roller contact area  44  to provide for a strengthening of the structural integrity of insert  20 . 
         [0054]    As previously disclosed, workpiece paint bucket  22  has lower anchoring portion  40  positioned generally at lower extent  32  of paint containment area  28 . Insert  20  has lower securement means, in the form preferred form of a lower extent  100 , shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 8 , to provide for engagement of lower anchoring portion  40  of workpiece paint bucket  22  to secure insert  20  relative to workpiece paint bucket  22 . 
         [0055]    Insert contact surface  42  of workpiece paint bucket  22  engages at least a substantial portion of paint roller contact area  44  of insert  20  during deployment of insert  20 . This engagement provides for pressure bearing support during rolling of workpiece paint roller  24  along insert to distribute the desired quantity of workpiece paint  26  from workpiece paint bucket  22  onto workpiece paint roller  24 . This support acts to prevent inadvertent damage to insert  20  from occurring during rolling of workpiece paint roller  24  thereon. 
         [0056]    As mentioned elsewhere herein inserts having features of the present invention can be formed from various materials utilizing various manufacturing methods. A preferred embodiment is depicted where insert  20  is formed of sheet material  98  and frame assembly  60 . Sheet material  98  substantially forms paint roller contact area  44  while frame assembly  60  provides the desired rigidity and durability to insert  20 . 
         [0057]    Frame assembly  60  has an upper extent  102 , shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 , a lower extent  104 , shown in  FIG. 1 , and opposing side extents  106  and  108 , both shown in  FIG. 1 . Frame assembly  60  substantially defines a confined area  110 , shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 . Frame assembly  60  further has opposing protruding extensions  112  and  114 , both shown in  FIG. 1 , as part of upper extent  102  with each protruding extension  112  and  114  extending beyond a respective opposing side extent  106  and  108  of frame assembly  60 . Protruding extensions  112  and  114  provide for engagement of opposing anchoring portions  36  and  38  of workpiece paint bucket  22  to secure insert  20  relative to workpiece paint bucket  22 . 
         [0058]    Upper extent  102 , lower extent  104  and opposing side extents  106  and  108  can be individual pieces of material, as depicted, or select extents can be formed from a single piece of material. Some form of securement means will provide for securing sheet material  98  within confined area  110 . 
         [0059]    Paint roller contact area  44  is substantially formed from sheet material  98  within confined area  110  of frame assembly  60  and secured therein by securement means of frame assembly, in this embodiment a bend and compression retention method. 
         [0060]    Sheet material  98  forming paint roller contact area  44  is preferably formed of a wire mesh material  116 , shown in  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 5 , with a plurality of passageways  84  therethrough. Each passageway  84  is bordered by perimeter  86  having defined edges  118 , shown in  FIG. 1 , with each edge  118  of perimeter  86  of each passageway  84  angularly offset from vertical and from horizontal following deployment of insert  20  in workpiece paint bucket  22 . 
         [0061]    Frame assembly  60  is constructed from a planar material  120 , shown in  FIG. 3 , having a longitudinal length and a bending and a folding of planar material  120  along the longitudinal length. This provides for frame assembly  60  to retain sheet material  98  forming paint roller contact area  44  utilizing a pressure bearing pinching contact. 
         [0062]    In the embodiment depicted insert  20  can be further defined as having an upper portion  122 , shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 8 , paint roller contact area  64  and auxiliary portion  50 . Upper portion  122  has a length  124 , shown in  FIG. 1 , a width  126 , shown in  FIG. 3 , and a thickness  128 , shown in  FIG. 3 , with length  124  significantly greater than width  126  and with width  126  significantly greater than thickness  128 . Upper portion  122  also has an orientation plane  130 , shown in  FIG. 3 , extending at least substantially along length  124  and width  126 . 
         [0063]    Paint roller contact area  64  is positioned below upper portion  122  when insert  20  is deployed in workpiece paint bucket  22 . Paint roller contact area  64  has a width  132 , shown in  FIG. 1 , a height  134 , shown in  FIG. 3 , and an orientation plane  136 , shown in  FIG. 3 , extending at least substantially along width  132  and height  134 . 
         [0064]    Auxiliary portion  50  is positioned below paint roller contact area  64  when insert  20  is deployed in workpiece paint bucket  22 . Auxiliary portion  50  has a width  138 , shown in  FIG. 1 , a height  140 , shown in  FIG. 3 , and an orientation plane  142 , shown in  FIG. 3 , extending at least substantially along width  138  and height  140 . 
         [0065]    Orientation plane  130  of upper portion  122  is generally parallel to and offset from orientation plane  142  of auxiliary portion  50 . Orientation plane  136  of paint roller contact area  64  is substantially offset relative to both orientation plane  130  of upper portion  122  and orientation plane  142  of auxiliary portion  50 . 
         [0066]    Paint roller contact area  64  of insert  20  has an upper extent  144 , shown in  FIG. 3 , and lower extent  66  when insert  20  is deployed in workpiece paint bucket  22 . Orientation plane  136  of paint roller contact area  64  is significantly offset relative to vertical when insert  20  is deployed in workpiece paint bucket  22  where orientation plane  136  of paint roller contact area  64  is sloped toward user accessible end  46  from lower extent  66  to upper extent  144  when insert  20  is deployed in workpiece paint bucket  22 . 
         [0067]    Upper portion  122  has an area  146 , shown in  FIG. 1 , and paint roller contact portion  44  has an area  148  and auxiliary portion  50  has an area  150 , shown in  FIG. 1 . Area  150  of auxiliary portion  50  is substantially greater than area  146  of upper portion  122 . Area  148  of paint roller contact area  64  is substantially greater than area  150  of auxiliary portion  50 . 
         [0068]    It is envisioned that the workpiece paint containment area of the workpiece paint bucket may have an area to receive workpiece paint to the high operational paint capacity level with surrounding walls of an elevational height sufficient to contain the workpiece paint and an elevationally higher portion extending above those walls and having means to retain the insert where the insert can perform the intended function of the insert. In such embodiments the workpiece paint containment area provides for containment of workpiece paint both to the high operational paint capacity level and during interaction with the insert and drainage of excess workpiece paint from the insert at a much higher elevational level than the high operational paint capacity level. 
         [0069]    With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, material, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
         [0070]    Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.