Patent ID: 8566999

Claim:
For use with a paint brush having at one end a handle configured to be grasped by the hand of a painter and at an opposite end paint brush bristles configured to receive liquid paint thereon by which the paint may be spread upon a surface to be painted, a paint brush holder comprising: an elongated cylindrical body having an open forward end portion and a coaxial reduced internal diameter rearward end portion, said cylindrical body forward end portion being dimensioned to slidably receive said paint brush handle and said cylindrical body forward end portion having an elongated narrow width elongated slot therein extending from said cylindrical body open forward end to adjacent said reduced internal diameter rearward end portion, said reduced internal diameter rearward end portion having an opening that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said cylindrical body and is dimensioned to slidably receive an extension pole, said reduced internal diameter rearward end portion also having opposite openings that are parallel to the longitudinal axis of said cylindrical body and create a passageway that extends through the rearward end portion, said passageway being dimensioned to slidably receive an extension pole; a threaded bolt extending perpendicularly from said paint brush handle and exterior of said cylindrical body through said elongated slot; a nut threadably received on said bolt exteriorly of said cylindrical body whereby said paint brush handle may be lockably adjusted relative to said cylindrical body to thereby adjust the position of said paint brush bristles relative to said cylindrical body forward end; and a thumb screw to lock the extension pole in a perpendicular or a parallel position within said cylindrical body.