Patent ID: 8905363

Claim:
A clip for attachment to a paint brush for use with a paint can having a bottom wall, side walls which extend upwardly and terminate at an opening circumscribed by a perimeter, said perimeter having a U shaped profile with an outer rim, a transverse portion and an upwardly extending inner rim having upper and lower ends, said clip having a notch for attaching the brush to the inner rim, the notch defined by an upper face, a lower face and an opening separating the upper and lower faces; the opening, upper face and lower face being dimensioned such that when the clip is attached to the perimeter of the paint can while the bottom wall is resting on a level surface, the upper face is inclined at an oblique angle, the perimeter bears against the upper face while the lower face bears against the inner rim sufficiently to lock the notch onto the perimeter by virtue of a torque which is applied to the paint brush by its weight and to position the brush at an angle from the vertical of less than 90 degrees.