Patent ID: 8720703

Claim:
Apparatus for holding and drying brushes having a handle and an applicator portion connected to said handle, said apparatus comprising, in combination: a first brush holder component including a base and an elongated member extending from said base, said elongated member defining an interior for receiving handles of brushes to hold the brushes on end with the applicator portions thereof above the handles thereof and spaced from said base; and a second brush holder component selectively alternatively movable between a first position wherein said second brush holder component is disposed under and connected to the base of said first brush holder component and a second position wherein said second brush holder component is connected to said elongated member, supported thereby, and spaced upwardly from said base, said second brush holder component including brush retainer structure for receiving the handles of brushes and releasably retaining the brushes with the applicator portions thereof below the handles thereof, said second brush holder component including an outer peripheral wall and said brush retainer structure attached to said outer peripheral wall and including a plurality of spaced receptacles within the confines of said outer peripheral wall, said spaced receptacles containing retainer members formed of resilient material and defining openings adapted to receive handles of brushes and adapted to releasably retain the brushes with the applicator portions thereof below the handles when said second brush holder component is in said second position.