Patent ID: 7637370

Claim:
A paint brush storage and tool device comprising: a first cover body comprising a first main wall; a second cover body comprising a second main wall, at least one of the cover bodies comprising perimeter walls projecting from the main wall thereof; a pivotal connection defined between the first and second cover bodies to allow pivoting of first and second cover bodies relative to one another about an axis of said pivotal connection into and out of a closed condition in which the cover bodies close together at the perimeter walls to enclose a volume of space, sized to contain the head of a paint brush therein, between the main walls thereof; an opening defined in the perimeter walls to extend therethrough at a handle end of the cover bodies when in the closed condition to extend about a handle of the paint brush having its head enclosed between the main walls of the cover bodies; a latching mechanism defined between the first and second cover bodies to latch the cover bodies together at a distance from the axis of the pivotal connection with said cover bodies in the closed condition; and a painting accessory tool movably mounted to the first main wall of the first cover body at an external side thereof that is opposite the enclosed volume of space with the cover bodies in the closed condition, the painting accessory tool being slidable over the external side of the first cover body between an operational position in which the painting accessory tool is secured to the external side of the first cover body with a working end of the painting accessory tool situated outward from a periphery of the first main wall and storage position in which the painting accessory tool is secured to the external side of the first cover body with the working end of the painting accessory tool situated within the periphery of the first main wall, the painting accessory tool being arranged with the cover bodies for use of the cover bodies as a handle of the painting accessory tool when mated together in the closed condition.