Patent ID: 6907640

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing paint comprising: a container arranged to contain paint having a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls and a closed base; the side walls being parallel; an open top end of the container defined by upper edges of the front, rear and side walls providing access to the paint by a user; the front and rear walls converging from the open top end toward the base such that the base is narrower than the open top and such that the side walls are generally triangular; the front wall having on an inner surface thereof a series of raised protrusions for engaging a paint roller for removal of excess paint therefrom; a handle on the top edge of the rear wall; a mounting arrangement located at the top edge of the rear wall for engaging over a transverse support by which the container can be suspended from the support; a supporting arrangement comprising a pair of arms each having an inner end mounted on a respective one of the side walls for pivotal movement about a common pivot axis at right angles to the side walls, each arm having an outer end with a transverse clip member extending between the outer ends of the arms parallel to the pivot axis, the clip having an open mouth for engaging on to a rung of a ladder extending alone the clip member; the arms and the clip member being pivotal about the pivot axis from a first position in which the clip member is located at the base to a second position in which the arms extend from the pivot axis across the respective side wall to the outer ends which support the clip member at a position parallel to and spaced outwardly of the front wall; the front, rear and side walls having the upper edges thereof lying in a common plane defining the open top end.