Paint/stain stick pad with roller/pad applicator

• US 9,266,139 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2012
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech Corporation (Wagner Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Diversified Dynamics Corporation
• Inventors: Bruggeman, Daniel, McDevitt, Dion, Kohs, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Laurenzi, III, Mark A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Abebe, Thomas M
• Application Number:
  US13/545,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20140016986A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,323 Days
• Field of Search: 401/138, 401/6, 401/9, 401/198, 401/140, 15/10, 152/10
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 1/00 Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating B05C5/02, B05C7/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/00 Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces casings or accessories for storing or handling solid or pasty toilet or cosmetic substances A45D40/00; brushes A46B; shoe polish applicators A47L23/05; surgical glue applicators A61B17/00491; absorbent pads, e.g. swabs, for applying media to the human body A61F13/15; hand-held applicators for applying or spreading media, e.g. remedies, on the human body A61M35/003; implements for writing or drawing B43K; hand-held desk devices for applying liquid, e.g. adhesive, by contact to surfaces B43M11/06; implements or apparatus for removing dry paint from surfaces B44D3/16 ; container closures with pads or like contents-applying means B65D47/42
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/002 with feed system for supplying material from an external source; Supply controls therefor B05C17/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/0217 comprising a frame supporting the coating roller at both ends or being intented to be hold at both ends by the user B05C17/0222, B05C17/0227, B05C17/0352, B05C17/0357 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/0325 attached to the hand tool, e.g. into the handle

Abstract

A paint/stain stick pad, for use with a paint/stain reservoir handle and dispensing plunger for coating deck boards with opposing side edges having joints therebetween, has a platform having a top and a bottom. The top has a pivotal connection to the handle and a paint/stain inlet in flow communication with the paint/stain in the reservoir handle. The bottom has a paint/stain dispensing and spreading surface in flow communication with the paint/stain inlet for evenly dispensing the paint/stain along the dispensing surface onto the boards. A central cut out is provided in the platform into which a stain/paint applicator is mounted in a floating arrangement within the cut out and biased downwardly as to dispense paint/stain onto the opposing board edges in the joints.

Claims

1. A paint/stain stick pad for use with a paint/stain reservoir handle and dispensing plunger for coating deck boards with opposing side edges having joints therebetween, the pad comprising:

a) a platform having a top and a bottom, the top having a pivotal connection to the handle, a paint/stain inlet in flow communication with the paint/stain in the reservoir handle, the bottom having a paint/stain dispensing surface in flow communication with the paint/stain inlet for evenly dispensing the paint/stain along the dispensing surface onto the boards;

b) a central cut out in the platform and a single stain/paint applicator with an apex floating within the cut out and biased downwardly as to dispense paint/stain onto the opposing board edges in the joints; and

c) a perch above the cut out for parking the applicator above and out of the cut out.

2. The pad of claim 1, further comprising two opposing vertical slot structures on each side of the cut out as to confine the applicator to vertical movement as the applicator floats within the cut out.

3. The pad of claim 2, wherein the opposing slot structures are comprised of two adjacent vertical posts on each side of the cut out as to confine the applicator to vertical movement as the applicator floats within the cut out.

4. The pad of claim 3, further comprising a perch on two vertical opposing posts on each side of the cut out for parking the applicator out of the cut out.

5. The pad of claim 1, further comprising resilient contractible bands connected to the platform and the applicator biasing the applicator downwardly into the cut out.

6. The pad of claim 1, wherein the applicator is a roller with an apex rotatable within the cut out as to coat the opposing board edges.

7. The pad of claim 1, wherein the applicator is a block pad with a downward apex.

8. The pad of claim 7, wherein the pad applicator is supported on a hub with an axel therethrough and two adjacent vertical posts on each side of the cut out as to confine the axel to vertical movement as the pad applicator floats within the cut out.

9. The pad of claim 1 further comprising, a biased downwardly, rotatable applicator support arm connected to the applicator as to confine the applicator to vertical movement as the pad applicator floats above and within the cut out.

10. The pad of claim 9, wherein the cut out is forward of the pivotal connection.

11. The pad of claim 9, wherein the cut out is rearward of the pivotal connection.

12. The pad of claim 11, wherein the stain/paint applicator is a roller with an apex for fitting within the board joints.

13. A paint/stain stick pad for use with a paint/stain reservoir handle and dispensing plunger for coating deck boards with opposing side edges having joints therebetween, the pad comprising:

a) a platform having a top and a bottom, the top having a pivotal connection to the handle, a paint/stain inlet in flow communication with the paint/stain in the reservoir handle, the bottom having a paint/stain dispensing surface in flow communication with the paint/stain inlet for evenly dispensing the paint/stain along the dispensing surface onto the boards;

b) a central cut out in the platform and a stain/paint roller applicator with an apex floating within the cut out and biased downwardly as to dispense paint/stain onto the opposing board edges in the joints, the roller applicator is supported on a hub with an axel therethrough;

c) opposing vertical slot structures on each side of the cut out as to confine the axel to vertical movement as the pad applicator floats within the cut out; and

d) a perch above the cut out for parking the roller applicator above and out of the cut out.

14. The pad of claim 13, wherein the opposing slot structures are comprised of two adjacent vertical posts on each side of the cut out as to confine the applicator to vertical movement as the applicator floats within the cut out.

15. The pad of claim 13, wherein the perch is on two vertical opposing posts on each side of the cut out for parking the applicator out of the cut out.

16. The pad of claim 13, further comprising resilient contractible bands connected to the platform and the applicator biasing the applicator downwardly into the cut out.

17. A paint/stain stick pad for coating deck boards with opposing side edges having joints therebetween, the pad comprising:

a) a platform having a top and a bottom, the top having a pivotal connection to a handle, the bottom having a paint/stain dispensing surface for receiving and evenly dispensing the paint/stain along the dispensing surface onto the boards;

b) a central cut out in the platform;

c) a single stain/paint applicator with an apex supported on a hub with an axel therethrough; and

d) a biased downwardly, rotatable applicator support arm connected to the axel as to confine the axel to vertical movement as the pad applicator floats above and within the cut out.

18. A paint/stain stick pad for use with a paint/stain reservoir handle and dispensing plunger for coating deck boards with opposing side edges having joints therebetween, the pad comprising:

e) a platform having a top and a bottom, the top having a pivotal connection to the handle, a paint/stain inlet in flow communication with the paint/stain in the reservoir handle, the bottom having a paint/stain dispensing surface in flow communication with the paint/stain inlet for evenly dispensing the paint/stain along the dispensing surface onto the boards; and

b) a central cut out in the platform and a stain/paint roller applicator with an apex floating within the cut out and biased downwardly as to dispense paint/stain onto the opposing board edges in the joints, the roller applicator is supported on a hub with an axel therethrough, wherein the roller is supported on a hub with an axel therethrough and two adjacent vertical posts on each side of the cut out as to confine the axel to vertical movement as the roller applicator floats within the cut out.