Patent ID: 7086776

Claim:
A paint container and colorant injector apparatus comprising; a container retaining a base paint therein and providing an opening allowing access to the base paint; and an injector assembly for locally dispersing colorant into the base paint in the container substantially uniformly along one dimension of the container, said injector assembly including: a flexible tube having a first closed end and an opposed second end and a grasping portion extending from the first closed end, a stripping plate having a slot therein and adapted to be selectively positioned in said opening of said container, a colorant retained between said first closed end and said opposed second end of said flexible tube, wherein, when said stripping plate is positioned in said opening of said container, said grasping portion of said injector assembly extends above said slot in said stripping plate, and said flexible tube of said injector assembly extends downwardly to said opposed second end, into said container and base paint, and said flexible tube is selectively movable through said slot in said stripping plate by manipulation of said grasping portion, pulling said opposed second end of said flexible tube upwardly toward said slot; and a stop on said opposed second end of said flexible tube, said stop sized larger than said slot in at least one dimension to prevent said opposed second end from being pulled through said slot.