Patent ID: 7527164

Claim:
A tray for a paint can and brush comprising a flat base panel, and an upwardly inclined sidewall integral with and extending about the periphery of the base, the tray being divided into a paint can compartment and a brush compartment, the paint can compartment being defined first by sections of sidewall situated around a paint can placed in the compartment, by a first portion of the base panel, and by means for holding a paint can to the first portion of the base panel, said first sections of side wall defining a gap separating the paint compartment from the brush compartment, the brush compartment adjoining the paint compartment across the gap and being defined by a second portion of said base panel, and further defined by second sidewall sections joined at the gap to said first sidewall sections and further joined by an end sidewall section, the second sidewall sections having at least one notch for receiving and supporting the handle portion of a paint brush placed in the brush compartment, the brush compartment having a width sufficient to accommodate a paint brush lying flat, and the first sections of sidewall having an aperture for receiving the thumb of a hand holding the tray and open paint can while the other hand applies paint from the can with a brush.