Patent ID: 8317057

Claim:
A paint roller paint saving pan for supporting a tubular roller pad vertically above a storage cavity of a paint can while excess paint is scraped from the tubular roller pad using a rigid removal tool, the paint roller saving pan comprising: a paint can attachment portion configured to removably axially support the paint roller paint saving pan relative to an open end of an open paint can; a roller pad support portion configured to radially support an end of the tubular roller pad; a paint catching portion in the form of a trough positioned adjacent and vertically below the roller pad support portion and having a through passage permitting fluid communication into the paint can when the paint can attachment portion is vertically supported on the paint can such that paint scraped from the tubular roller pad supported by the roller pad support portion can return back to the paint can; wherein the roller pad support portion is configured to axially support a distal end of the tubular roller pad, the roller pad support portion includes a central post portion including a radial support portion sized to be axially inserted into a central cavity of the tubular roller pad; wherein the central post portion of the roller pad support portion includes a stop portion axially spaced from a distal end of the central post portion, the stop portion being greater in dimension than the distal end of the central post portion, the stop portion being configured to provide axial support of the distal end of the tubular roller pad; wherein the stop portion is a radially outward extending step portion of the central post portion; and wherein the paint can attachment portion and the trough are generally annular and spaced radially outward from the central post portion with the trough positioned radially between the central post portion and the paint can attachment portion.