Paint brush with replaceable applicator

• US 5,084,931 A
• Filed: 04/14/1989
• Issued: 02/04/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Reiner J. Kuhlcke
• Original Assignee: Reiner J. Kuhlcke
• Inventors: Kuhlcke, Reiner J.
• Primary Examiner(s): HORNSBY, HARVEY
• Assistant Examiner(s): O'Leary, K.
• Application Number:
  US07/339,241
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• Field of Search: 15/147 R, 15/147 C, 15/236.03, 15/244.1, 15/244.2, 15/244.4, 15/150, 15/210 R, 15/176.6
• US Class Current: 15/244.1
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/202 Applicator paint brush
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 7/04 interchangeably removable bristle carriers
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/46 Securing scouring or polishing cloths or sponges to the handles by gripping means, tongs, or the like

Abstract

The paint brush comprises a handle having a male half and a female half with housing receptacle walls and interior partitions with serrated edges of smaller height than the lateral walls. A projecting member protrudes from the housing receptacle of the female half having a bottom opening next to it. A guide is provided in the female half, and a stem with a hook-like nose on a free end thereof projects from the male half. The replaceable applicator part with at least one retention ringlet is held by support and anchorage device. The male half has guide lugs which cooperate with the guide so that when the handle is closed, the hook-like nose passes by and adjacent the projecting member and through the opening in the female half.

Claims

1. A paint brush comprising a handle with a male half and a female half, said halves being provided with housing receptacles and with a plurality of lateral walls and, on a front side of said handle, with corresponding partitions with serrated edges of smaller height than said lateral walls and with support and anchorage means, said housing receptacles being bounded by said partitions and said lateral walls for a secured end of said applicator part;

a projecting member open towards said front side and protruding from a bottom of said housing receptacle of said female half, said bottom of said housing receptacle having an opening adjacent said projecting member;

guide means provided on said lateral walls of said female half perpendicular to said bottom; and

a stem with a hook-like nose on a free end thereof projecting substantially perpendicularly from said male half corresponding to said projecting member of said female half; and

a replaceable applicator part with at least one retention ringlet engaged and held by said support and a anchorage means, said at least one retention ringlet being inserted in said handle and said male half and said female half being hinged at an end opposite said applicator part, said lateral walls of said male half having a plurality of guide lugs which cooperate with said guide means of said female half so that, when said handle is closed, said hook-like nose passes by and adjacent said projecting member and through said opening in said female half to hold said female half.

2. A paint brush according to claim 1 in which said projecting member has a partially prismatic shape defining an opening facing said front side of said handle.

3. A paint brush according to claim 1 in which said applicator part comprises a prismatic body of foam material.

4. A paint brush according to claim 3 further comprising an insert shaped like a wedge inserted in said prismatic body of said foam material.

5. A paint brush according to claim 1 further comprising an insert for said replaceable applicator part, said insert having one of said retention ringlets engagable with said projecting member of said female half of said handle.

6. A paint brush according to claim 1 further comprising an insert having two retention ringlets positioned on opposite sides of said projecting member and engagable on corresponding prongs projecting from said male half of said handle cooperating with corresponding hollow projections protruding from said female half of said handle.

7. A paint brush according to claim 1 in which said guide means on said lateral walls of said female half of said handle comprise corresponding parallel strips.

8. A paint brush according to claim 1 in which said opening is rectangular.

9. A paint brush according to claim 2 in which said projecting member tapers forwards upwards.

10. A paint brush according to claim 1 in which said stem is profiled.