Multi-color faux art palette

• US 20040226124A1
• Filed: 05/16/2003
• Published: 11/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sandra S. Silva
• Original Assignee: Sandra S. Silva
• Inventors: Silva, Sandra S.
• Application Number:
  US10/439,300
• Publication Number:
  US 20040226124A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/244.1
• CPC Class Codes: B44D 2/00 Special techniques in artistic painting or drawing, e.g. oil painting, water painting, pastel painting, relief painting

Abstract

A multi-color faux art palette includes a resilient substrate having an upper and a bottom surface. The bottom surface includes handles integrally dependent from the bottom surface of the substrate. Upon the top surface are secured a plurality of discrete substantially planar color-absorbent sponges, each sponge thereof having a bottom surface integrally dependent from the upper surface of the resilient substrate. Opposing edges of the planar sponges are separated from each other by a distant sufficient to preclude contact therebetween when the sponges are compressed against a planar surface.

Claims

1. A multi-color faux art color palette, comprising:

(a) a resilient substrate having an upper and a bottom surface;

(b) handle means integrally dependent from said bottom surface of said substrate; and

(c) a plurality of discrete color absorbent sponges, each sponge thereof having a bottom surface integrally dependent from said upper surface of said resilient substrate, in which opposing edges of said sponges are separated from each other by a distance sufficient to preclude contact therebetween when said sponges are compressed against a planar surface.

2. The palette as recited in claim 1 in which said plurality of sponges comprises:

an arrangement defining a faux art pattern of interest to a user thereof.

3. The palette as recited in claim 2 in which said arrangement of said sponges comprises substantially parallel elongate rectilinear sponges.

4. The palette as recited in claim 2, in which said arrangement comprises:

substantially curvilinear, substantially parallel planar sponges.

5. The palette as recited in claim 1, in which said substrate comprises:

a polymeric material.

6. The palette as recited in claim 1, in which said substrate comprises:

a rubber-like material.

7. The palette as recited in claim 1, in which said planar sponges comprise:

natural sponges.

8. The palette as recited in claim 1, in which said sponges comprise:

a polymeric open cell material.

9. The palette as recited in claim 1, in which edges of each of said sponges are substantially transverse to said substrate.

10. The palette as recited in claim 3, in which primary axes of said sponges are elongate and substantially parallel with each other.

11. The palette as recited in claim 10, in which said axes are curvilinear.

12. A multi-color faux art color palette, comprising:

(a) a rigid substrate having an upper and a bottom surface;

(b) handle means integrally dependent from said bottom surface of said substrate; and

(c) a plurality of discrete color absorbent sponges, each sponge thereof having a bottom surface integrally dependent from said upper surface of said resilient substrate, in which opposing edges of said sponges are separated from each other by a distance sufficient to preclude contact therebetween when said sponges are compressed against a planar surface.

13. The palette as recited in claim 12 in which said plurality of sponges comprises:

an arrangement defining a faux art pattern of interest to a user thereof.

14. The palette as recited in claim 13 in which said arrangement of said sponges comprises substantially parallel elongate rectilinear sponges.

15. The palette as recited in claim 13, in which said arrangement comprises:

substantially curvilinear, substantially parallel planar sponges.

16. The palette as recited in claim 12, in which said substrate comprises:

a polymeric material.

17. The palette as recited in claim 12, in which said substrate comprises:

a rubber-like material.

18. The palette as recited in claim 12, in which said planar sponges comprise:

natural sponges.

19. The palette as recited in claim 12, in which said sponges comprise:

a polymeric open cell material.

20. The palette as recited in claim 12, in which edges of each of said sponges are substantially transverse to said substrate.

21. The palette as recited in claim 14, in which primary axes of said sponges are elongate and substantially parallel with each other.

22. The palette as recited in claim 20, in which said axes are curvilinear.