Patent ID: 7111353

Claim:
A combined hand tool and applicator useable for applying a material to a surface comprising: a T-bar tool having an elongated cylindrical bar, said bar having a continuous cylindrical outer surface and a generally uniform diameter and opposite ends, a handle secured to the bar between said opposite ends thereof, an applicator including an elongated linear rigid tubular member having a generally cylindrical outer surface, an inside cylindrical surface having an inside diameter, said diameter of the bar being larger than the inside diameter of the tubular member, said tubular member surrounding and located in biased surface friction engagement with the continuous cylindrical outer surface of the bar, opposite ends of the tubular member extended outwardly from the opposite ends of the bar, and a linear slot extended longitudinally between said opposite ends of the tubular member, a sleeve surrounding said outer surface of the tubular member, said sleeve having opposite ends adjacent the opposite ends of the tubular member, each of said opposite ends of the sleeve having a lip below and transversely aligned with the slot in the tubular member, said opposite ends of the tubular member and sleeve tapering upwardly and inwardly toward said slot in the tubular member, and means securing the sleeve to the outer surface of the tubular member.