Patent ID: 7827651

Claim:
A paint roller for use with a tube-shaped roller cover, the paint roller comprising: a Y-shaped roller frame receiving the roller cover such that the roller cover is movable in a rotatable manner with respect to the frame, said roller frame having first and second arms, wherein said first arm comprises a roller capture mechanism moveable between a roller-capture position in which the roller cover is mounted between the first and second arms and a roller-release position in which the roller cover is decoupled from the roller frame, wherein the capture mechanism comprises a hinged extension having a pivoting body at a distal end of the first arm that is movably attached by a pivoting action with a lower branch of the first arm; a spring that interacts with the lower branch of the first arm and the pivoting body such that the spring biases the hinged extension from its roller-capture position to its roller-release position; and a roller-release button configured to actuate the capture mechanism between its roller-capture position to its roller-release position.