Patent ID: 8321987

Claim:
A method for interchangeably connecting a plurality of paint working tools with a common handle, the method comprising: providing a plurality paint working tools; providing a common handle for the paint working tools, the common handle having a hand gripping portion and a paint working tool engagement portion, wherein the paint working tool engagement portion of the common handle is substantially aligned along a first axis and the hand gripping portion extends from the paint working tool engagement portion of the common handle along a second axis, the second axis being at an angle that is offset from the first axis such that the first axis is offset in a downward direction from the hand gripping portion; providing a connection mechanism to interchangeably connect a selected one of the paint working tools to the paint working tool engagement portion of the common handle, the connection mechanism having an extension member extending from an end of the paint working tool engagement portion of the handle opposite the hand gripping portion of the handle, the connection mechanism further having at least one connection member, the at least one connection member positioned on the paint working tool engagement portion and attached to the common handle in such a way that it does not extend beyond the end of the extension member, a portion of the at least one connection member having an outward extension, the extension member having a hollow portion common to the at least one connection member, the outward extension of the at least one connection member positioned adjacent the common hollow portion, the portion of the at least one connection member having the outward extension designed to be movable between a first position and a second position into and out of the common hollow portion, providing, at one end of each of the paint working tools, a member having a recess designed to receive the extension member of the common handle and the at least one connection member within its recess, said end of each of the paint working tools having a space formed therein for receiving the outward extension of the at least one connection member, selecting a first paint working tool and removably attaching it to the paint working tool engagement portion of the common handle and subsequently removing the first paint working tool from the common handle, selecting a second paint working tool and removably attaching it to the paint working tool engagement portion of the common handle, and wherein the method further includes providing an energy member positioned within the hollow portion of the extension member configured to outwardly bias the portion of the at least one connection member having an outward extension and to provide a force to the at least one connection member when the at least one connection member is conveyed from the first position to the second position.