Paint supply and finishing system

• US 6,305,045 B1
• Filed: 07/08/1999
• Issued: 10/23/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Newell Operating Company (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Newell Operating Company (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Inventors: Busch, Ann M., Walsh, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Spisich, Mark
• Application Number:
  US09/349,535
• Time in Patent Office: 838 Days
• Field of Search: 152/105, 152/301.1, 152/570.5, 152/570.6, 101/375, 118/258, 118/264, 118/DIG.14, 118/DIG.15, 206/518, 206/806, 220/570, D 4/122, D 4/123, D32/53.1, 492/13, 492/19
• US Class Current: 15/230.11
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/0207 characterised by the cover, e.g. cover material or structure, special surface for producing patterns B05C17/0212, B05C17/0352 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/806 Suspension

Abstract

The present invention provides a paint supply and finishing system including a paint roller and a tray. The paint roller includes a handle, a shaft extending from the handle along an access, a paint applying medium having a circumferential surface with a plurality of portion extending and rotatably disposed about the axis and an axial face coupled to the paint applying medium. The paint applying medium applies paint to a surface as a medium is rolled against the surface. The axial face includes at least one location memory indicia. Each indicia corresponds to a particular location on the circumferential surface of the medium. As a result, at least on indicia indicates which of the plurality of portions were last in contact with the surface. The tray includes a pan having a well at a first end and a ramp extending from the well to a second end, first and second spaced legs and a bar. The first and second spaced legs are coupled to the second end of the pan and are configured to support the second end of the pan on a horizontal surface. The bar extends between the first and second legs and includes a detent configured to receive a peg. As a result, the tray may be hung from the peg, providing better visual merchandising of tray sets (trays with lids, holding multiple components) and eliminating significant costs associated with unique wire or plastic tray rack fixtures.

Claims

1. A paint roller comprising:

a handle;

a shaft extending from the handle and along an axis;

a paint absorbing and applying medium having a circumferential surface with a plurality of raised and depressed portions extending and rotatably disposed about the axis, whereby the paint applying medium applies paint to a surface as the medium is rolled against the surface; and

an axial face coupled to the paint applying medium, the face having continuous uninterrupted outer circumference and including a plurality of visually distinct location memory indicia disposed within the outer circumference, each indicia corresponding to a particular location on the circumferential surface of the medium, whereby the plurality of indicia indicates which of the plurality of portions were last in contact with the surface.

2. The roller of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of location memory indicia are equidistantly located about the axis.

3. The roller of claim 1 wherein the plurality of location memory indicia comprise distinct alpha-numeric symbols.

4. The roller of claim 3 wherein at least one of the plurality of location memory indicia includes arrow.

5. The roller of claim 1 wherein at least one of the plurality of location memory indicia includes an arrow.

6. The roller of claim 1 including a panel having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side provides the plurality of location memory indicia and wherein the second side is adhesively coupled relative to the paint applying medium.

7. The roller of claim 1 including:

a cage rotatably disposed about the axis of the shaft; and

a tubular core configured to receive the cage, wherein the core supports the paint applying medium.

8. The roller of claim 1 wherein at least one raised portion has a perimeter and wherein every portion of the perimeter has a fixed underlying end.

9. The roller of claim 1 wherein at least one raised portion is formed from at least one of the following:

fabric nap, foam material, sponge material, looped material or rugged material.

10. A paint roller for use with a roller cover having a tubular core and a paint applying medium secured thereto, the roller comprising:

a handle;

a shaft extending from the handle and along an axis; and

a cage coupled to the shaft and rotatably supported about the axis, the cage having an axial face; and

a plurality of distinct circumferentially spaced location memory indicia disposed on the axial face, each indicia corresponding to a particular location on the axial face, wherein at least two consecutive indicia are spaced less than 180 degrees apart.

11. The roller of claim 10 wherein each of the plurality of location memory indicia are equidistantly located about the axis.

12. The roller of claim 10 wherein the plurality of location memory indicia comprise alpha-numeric symbols.

13. The roller of claim 12 wherein at least one of the plurality of location memory indicia includes an arrow.

14. The roller of claim 10 wherein at least one of the plurality of location memory indicia includes an arrow.

15. The roller of claim 10 including a panel having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side provides the plurality of distinct location memory indicia and wherein the second side is adhesively coupled to the axial face of the cage.

16. A paint tray comprising:

a pan having a well at a first end and a ramp extending from the well to a second end;

first and second spaced legs coupled to the second end of the pan, wherein the legs are configured to support the second end of the pan on a horizontal surface; and

a bar having a length extending between the first and second legs, wherein the bar includes a detent extending through a wall of the bar, spaced between the first and second legs and configured to receive a peg such that the peg generally extends perpendicular to the bar, whereby the tray may be hung from the peg.

17. The tray of claim 16, wherein the first and second legs have first and second ends configured to rest upon the horizontal surface and wherein the bar extends between the first and second ends so as to also rest upon the horizontal surface.

18. The tray of claim 16, wherein the detent comprises a notch extending in a surface of the bar towards the first end.

19. The tray of claim 16, wherein the tray has a center of gravity and wherein the detent is located on the bar such that the tray hangs in a substantially vertical orientation when hung upon the peg.

20. The tray of claim 16, wherein the pan, first and second legs and the bar are configured such that the paint tray at least partially nests within an adjacent similarly configured paint tray when being hung from a single peg.

21. A paint roller for creating a coating pattern on a surface, the roller comprising:

a handle;

a shaft extending from the handle;

a substrate rotatably supported about an axis of the shaft;

a paint absorbing and applying medium supported by the substrate, the medium having raised and depressed portions; and

a plurality of visually distinct location memory indicia carried by the substrate, whereby the plurality of visually distinct indicia indicate which of the raised and depressed portions were last in contact with the surface wherein at least two consecutive indicia are spaced less than 180 degrees apart.

22. A paint supply and finishing system comprising:

a paint roller including;

a handle;

a shaft extending from the handle along an axis;

a paint absorbing and applying medium having a circumferential surface with a plurality of raised and depressed portions extending and rotatably disposed about the axis, whereby the paint applying medium applies paint to a surface as the medium is rolled against the surface; and

an axial face associated with the paint applying medium, the face including at least one location memory indicia, each indicia corresponding to a particular location on the circumferential surface of the medium, whereby the at least one indicia indicates which of the plurality of portions were last in contact with the surface; and

a paint tray for loading paint onto the paint applying medium of the roller, the tray including;

a pan having a well at a first end and a ramp extending from the well to a second end;

first and second spaced legs coupled to the second end of the pan, wherein the legs are configured to support the second end of the pan on a horizontal surface; and

a bar extending between the first and second legs, wherein the bar includes detent extending through a wall of the bar, spaced between the first and second legs and configured to receive a peg such that the peg generally extends perpendicular to the bar, whereby the tray may be hung from the peg.

23. A paint roller comprising:

a handle;

a shaft extending from the handle and along an axis;

a paint applying medium having a circumferential surface with a plurality of portions extending and rotatably disposed about the axis, whereby the paint applying medium applies paint to a surface as the medium is rolled against the surface; and

an axial face coupled to the paint applying medium, the face including at least one location memory indicia, each indicia corresponding to a particular location on the circumferential surface of the medium, whereby the at least one indicia indicates which of the plurality of portions were last in contact with the surface; and

a panel having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side provides the at least one memory indicia and wherein the second side is adhesively coupled relative to the paint applying medium.

24. A paint roller for use with a roller cover having a tubular core and a paint applying medium secured thereto, the roller comprising:

a handle;

a shaft extending from the handle and along an axis; and

a cage coupled to the shaft and rotatably supported about the axis, the cage having a n axial face;

at least one location memory indicia disposed on the axial face, each indicia corresponding to a particular location on the axial face; and

a panel having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side provides the at least one location memory indicia and wherein the second side is adhesively coupled to the axial face of the cage.

25. A paint tray comprising:

a pan having a well at a first end and a ramp extending from the well to a second end;

first and second spaced legs coupled to the second end of the pan, wherein the legs are configured to support the second end of the pan on a horizontal surface; and

a bar extending between the first and second legs, wherein the bar includes a detent configured to receive a peg, whereby the tray may be hung from the peg, wherein the detent comprises a notch extending in a surface of the bar towards the first end.