Patent ID: 8657107

Claim:
A paint brush protective cover for a paint brush having filaments, a collar retaining the filaments and handle, which includes: a jacket having a hollow interior section, wherein said jacket has a first panel having lateral connecting surfaces and a second panel having lateral connecting surfaces configured to receive said lateral connecting surfaces of said first panel in a manner to removably connect said first panel and said second panel in a manner to be maintained in a predetermined spaced relation to receive the paint brush therebetween, wherein each said panel has an upper end and a lower end and are configured to be complementary connected in a manner with said upper ends adjacent one another and said lower ends adjacent one another, wherein said jacket is of a length greater than a combined length of filaments and at least the collar and said upper ends are configured to retain about the collar and said lower ends are configured to retain about the filaments, and wherein said jacket includes at least one lower opening adjacent a terminal part of said lower ends to readily permit drainage from said jacket by virtue of gravity when upper ends are further displaced from a gravitational surface than said lower ends; and wherein each said panel includes at least one panel opening which extends lengthwise from each said upper end into said lower end terminating at a predetermined distance from a lower end edge and is defined by top edge, bottom edge and side edges, each said panel includes a transverse rib which extends substantially widthwise across said upper end of each said panel above each said panel opening, and at least one productivity guide and wear bar which extends transversely through said panel opening and interconnecting said side edges to retain filaments of the brush and serves as a visual productivity guide and wear indicator for filament length.