Patent ID: 7963418

Claim:
A paint liner for cooperating with another one of such paint liners, each paint liner comprising: opposite front and rear walls, opposite left and right side walls, and a bottom floor, the walls and bottom floor being operatively connected to one another so as to define a containment area within the paint liner for receiving and containing paint therein; the walls of the paint liner forming a peripheral edge provided with a rim, said rim being provided with at least one male component protruding from the rim, said at least one male component defining an underlying female component and an adjacent female component along the rim, the male and female components of a same given paint liner being positioned, shaped and sized with respect to one another so that said same paint liner can be operated along first and second operating modes, where in the first operating mode the at least one male component of a first paint liner is insertable into a corresponding underlying female component of a second paint liner so that said first and second paint liners can be nested into one another, and where in the second operating mode the first paint liner is turned over so that the at least one male component of the first paint liner is insertable into a corresponding adjacent female component of the second paint liner in order to have the first paint liner cover the containment area of the second paint liner, wherein the rim of the paint liner is provided with a pair of male components protruding from the rim, wherein each male component extends substantially about halfway along the rim, from a first central portion of the rim adjacent to the front wall of the paint liner to a second central portion of the rim adjacent to the rear wall of the paint liner, and wherein each male component protruding from the rim is substantially U-shaped.