Patent ID: 7172090

Claim:
A paint container assembly for protecting a paint container rim and a paint brush, the paint container assembly comprising, in combination: a paint container, the paint container comprising an interior container surface, an exterior container surface, a rim intermediate the interior container surface and the exterior container surface, and two laterally opposed container knobs extending from the exterior container surface, the interior container surface retaining a paint volume, the rim comprising an outer rim perimeter and an inner rim perimeter, the inner rim perimeter defining a paint access aperture; a rim cover, the rim cover comprising a container-engaging surface, a paint-deflecting surface, a container access aperture extending from the paint-deflecting surface to the container-engaging surface, a substantially horizontal paint shield region adjacent the container access aperture, and five substantially vertical flap regions, each flap region being integrally connected to the paint shield region along a fold line, the flap regions comprising two retainer flap regions, two laterally opposed knob-engaging flap regions, and one receptacle-retaining flap region, the knob-engaging flap regions each comprising a knob-receiving aperture, each knob-receiving aperture being sized and shaped to receive one container knob, the receptacle-retaining flap region comprising at least one upwardly extending receptacle retainer tab, the rim cover being seated upon the rim, the knob-receiving apertures receiving the container knobs, the flap regions for retaining the paint shield region in superior adjacency to the rim, the paint-deflecting surface for deflecting paint away from the rim; and a paint brush receptacle, the paint brush receptacle being constructed from a flexible material, the flexible material being impervious to air, the paint brush receptacle comprising an exterior receptacle surface, a tab-engaging fold, and a receptacle mouth, the tab-engaging fold being adjacent the exterior receptacle surface and the receptacle mouth, the tab-engaging fold being received on the receptacle retainer tab, the receptacle retainer tab thus retaining the paint brush receptacle in adjacency to the paint container.