Patent ID: 8413289

Claim:
A multiple paint roller holder, comprising: a roller holding frame adapted for holding at least a pair of paint rollers in a vertical orientation, the vertical orientation permitting horizontal painting strokes of the multiple paint roller holder, the roller holding frame having; an elongate, upper cross member having at least two roller holding pins, each upper roller holding pin being adapted for rotatably holding one end of a paint roller, the upper cross member having two members pivotally attached to each other end-to-end; an elongate lower cross member spaced from the upper cross member, the lower cross member having at least two roller holding pins aligned with the upper roller holding pins, each of the lower roller holding pins being adapted for rotatably holding the opposite end of the paint rollers; an elongate center beam interconnecting the upper cross member and the lower cross member, the upper roller holding pins extending towards the lower cross member, the lower holding pins extending towards the upper cross member the center beam having a U-shaped saddle at an end thereof; and a setscrew extending through the U-shaped saddle and the pivotally attached ends of the two members forming the upper cross member, the setscrew being selectively actuable to permit pivoting the two members forming the upper cross member to facilitate insertion of the paint rollers into the frame, and selectively actuable to clamp the two members to the saddle to retain the paint rollers in the frame; and a handle attached to the roller holding frame.