Patent ID: 7427427

Claim:
A method for striping a surface with paint, comprising: (a) providing a surface to be striped; (b) providing paint; (c) providing a tool including: a body having a longitudinal axis, a first end, an opposite second end, and an internal cavity; a plunger movable within said internal cavity along said longitudinal axis, said plunger connected to a plunger rod which is slidably received by said second end, said plunger and said first end forming ends of a reservoir for receiving said paint; a wheel having a rim disposed at said first end, said rim rotatably entering said reservoir; a transverse bar having a first end, an opposite second end, a rectangular cross section and a bar longitudinal axis, said transverse bar connected to said body so that said bar longitudinal axis is perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, said transverse bar selectively slidably with respect to said body along said bar longitudinal axis; a guide bar connected to said first end of said transverse bar; and, (d) loading said reservoir with said paint; (e) moving said transverse bar to a desired position along said bar longitudinal axis; and, (f) rolling said rim of said wheel along said surface wherein a stripe of said paint is disposed thereon.