Patent ID: 7805797

Claim:
A paintbrush comprising: (a) a paintbrush body and handle, the body having formed therein at an end opposite the handle, a cavity, said cavity having a first side opening opposite the handle for releasably receiving a bristle holder and a bundle of parallel bristles, said cavity having a second side opening which is adjacent the first side opening and the bristle holder and bristles when in place in the cavity in the body; (b) a bristle holder holding a bundle of parallel bristles, the holder and bristles removably fitting into the cavity through the first side opening; and (c) a bristle holder panel pivotally secured to the body in the second side opening by a pair of mid-point pivots, one located on each lateral side of the second side opening, the mid-point pivots enabling the panel to move in a cantilever manner in the second opening along an axis which is aligned with the body and handle, the panel at a first region opposite the handle gripping the bristle holder and bristles when in a first position and releasing the bristle holder and bristles when tipped about the mid-point pivots to a second position.