Patent ID: 8181490

Claim:
A sealed paint roller cover package, comprising: a paint roller cover comprising: a tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve comprising a pile formed of pile strands knitted into and extending outwardly from a base fabric having a tubular configuration defining an outside and an inside; and a semi-rigid cylindrical core member formed inside said tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve, which core member incorporates said base fabric therein and retains said pile strands thereto; wherein said paint roller cover is semi-rigid such that it may be substantially flattened and subsequently resume a cylindrical configuration; and a flexible, gas-impermeable plastic storage bag of a size sufficient to receive said paint roller cover entirely therein; wherein said plastic storage bag may be evacuated and sealed with said paint roller cover contained therein to cause said paint roller cover to be flattened such that said sealed paint roller cover package is substantially thinner than the diameter of said paint roller cover.