CA1110585A - Protector assembly for assisting brush or roller painting - Google Patents

Protector assembly for assisting brush or roller painting

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CA1110585A
CA1110585A CA302,838A CA302838A CA1110585A CA 1110585 A CA1110585 A CA 1110585A CA 302838 A CA302838 A CA 302838A CA 1110585 A CA1110585 A CA 1110585A
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Robert J. Miller
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B12/00Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area
    • B05B12/16Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area for controlling the spray area
    • B05B12/20Masking elements, i.e. elements defining uncoated areas on an object to be coated
    • B05B12/28Masking elements, i.e. elements defining uncoated areas on an object to be coated for defining uncoated areas that are not enclosed within coated areas or vice versa, e.g. for defining U-shaped border lines

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Abstract

PROTECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR ASSISTING BRUSH OR ROLLER PAINTING When rolling or brushing paint on walls or the like, drop cloths, masking tape and the like are normally used to protect the floor, ceiling or other walls not being painted, from splatters or drips. The invention consists of an elongated guard strip with a wedge formed along one edge thereof which engages at the dividing line between the floor, ceiling, trim, etc., and the surface being painted. A pair of stabilizers are connected to the strip by stabilizer adapters and enable the strip to be supported and adjusted at the desired angle best suited to the circumstances. A pair if strips may be connected together to form one relatively long protector or guard strip or either individual strips may be used separately. A flexible plastic sheet is attached by one edge thereof to the front edge of the strip and extends rearwardly over the floor surface or the like to prevent this surface from splatters or drips of paint.

Description

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PROTECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR ASSISTING BRUSH OR ROLLER PAINTING

BACKGROUND OF T~E INVENTION
This invention relates to new and useful improve-ments in protectors or guides specifically designed for use by a painter in painting walls, ceilinys, trim and the like, either with a roller or a brush.

Conventionally, when painting a wall for example, it is usual to cover the floor area with drop cloths and some-times using masking tape to define the parting line between the floor and the wall and the floorboard and the wall. This is inconvenient, particularly when using a roller which pro-duces considerable splatter and drip. Furthermore, it is still necessary to use a brush be-tween the end of the paint applied by the roller and the trim for floor or adjacent surface.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present inv~ntion overcomes these disadvantages and facilitates the painting of such surfaces and one aspect of the invention consists of a paint protector assembly for use when painting surfaces such as wall and the like, with a paint roller or a brush; comprising in combination an elon-gated, substantially rigid strip, a parting line engaging wedge extending outwardly and downwardly from one edge of ... ~

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85i said strip, a stabilizer for each end of said strip and a stabilizer adapter detachably secured to adjacent each end of said strip and pivo-tally attached to the adjacent stabi-lizer whereby the angle between said edge and said stabili-zers may be adjusted to suit the engagement of said wedge with the associated parting line.

Another advantaye of the invention is that the pro-tector may be designed in two portions which can either be used separately or, alternatively, can be joined together to provide a relatively long protecting device thus enabling a relatively large area of wall to be painted before it is ne-cessary to move the protector device to the next position.

~, Another advantage of the invention is to provide a device of the character herewithin described which is simple in construction, economical in manuEacture and otherwise well suited to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the foregoing in view, and other advantages as ~ ~
will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which ~ `
this invention relates as this specification proceeds, my invention consists essentially in the arrangement and con-struction of parts all as hereinafter more particularly des-cribed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which:

DESC~IPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
_ Figure 1 is an isometric view of the entire protec-tor in the assembled position.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a partially schematic view showing the protector in use and reduced in scale from Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is an isometric view of the stabilizer adapter.

Figure 5 is an isometric view of the stabilizer.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of one of the protector portionsO

Figure 7 is a fragmentary isometric view of one of the protector portions with a detachable wedge portion of a shorter length than the protector.

In the drawings like characters of reference indi-cate corresponding parts in the different figures.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Proceeding therefore to describe the invention in .. ::

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5~5 detail, reference should first be made to Figure 6 in which 10 illustrates one section or portion of -the protector or guard assembly which is ~ormed from a substantially rigid plastic or metal and includes an elongated planar strip 11 and a pair of leg portions 12 extending substantially at right angles from adjacent each end of the main strip 11.

A small projecting portion 13 is provided centrally of the inner edge 14 of the main strip 11 and a hand hold 15 is formed through this extended portion to assist in posi-tioning and holding the device in position when in use.
small aperture or drilling 16 is formed in each leg portion 12 as clearly shown. . :

A wedge strip 17 is formed substantially at right .
angles upon the front edge 18 of the assembly 10 and extends upon one side thereof as clearly shown in Figures 1, 2 and . :
7 and this wed~e strip 'capers from the junction line 18 to~
wards the distal edge 19 thereof and is adapted to engage the parting line 20 (see Figure 3) between the wall surface 21 being painted and the portion not being painted, represent-ed in Figure 3 by means of a floorboard 22. However, if a floorboard is not provided, then this wedge would engage the junction between wall 21 and the floor 23. It will be appreciated that this wedge can be engaged against any part-lng llne. ~. .

i85 Means are provided -to position and support the as-sembly 10 when in position, said means taking the form of a stabilizer collectively designated 24 and a stabilizer adapter collectively designated 25.

The stabilizer adapter is a wedge shaped unit hav-ing a pair of leg portions 26 in spaced and parallel rela-tionship together with a cross piece 27 extending between the narrowest ends of the wedge portions 26 as clearly shown in Figure 4 and drillings or apertures 28 are formed transversely through the portions 26 spaced inwardly from the larger ends 29 thereof.

A further aperture or drilling 30 is formed central-ly of the transverse portion 27 and this is designed to be detachably secured to one to each of the legs 12 of the as-sembly 10 by means of wing nut and bolt assembly 31 as shown in Figure 1.

The stabilizer 24 consists of a planar base plate 32 with a pair of ears or lugs :33 extending upwardly in spaced and parallel relationship to one another, from adjacent one end 34 of the base 32 and the ears or lugs are apertured as at 35. The end portions 29 of the adapter 25 engage between the lugs 33 and a cross bolt and wing nut assembly 36 engages through the apertures 35 in the lugs and through the aper-` .i , . , ~

tures 28 in the legs 26 thus pivotally securing the adapter to the stabilizer so that it can be adjusted and tightened in any desired relationship. When assembled, the adapter and stabil.izer are in the position shown in Figure 1.

Under normal circumstances, it is desirable to pro-vide two assemblies 10 and lOA which may be joined together as shown in Figure 1 thus making a relatively long assembly enabling a relatively large area to be painted at one time without moving the assembly.
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As an example, the assembly 10 can be four feet in length and the assembly lOA, three feet in length, making a -:~:
total length of seven feet, when joined as illustrated in Figure 1.

In order to join the assemblies together, a small strip 37 spans the overlapping legs 12 of the two assemblies and is bolted thereto by means of bolt and wing nut assem- . ~
blies 38 thus making in effect one assembly and the stabi- ~ -lizer adapters 25 together with the stabilizers 24 are then secured as hereinbefore described, to the other or distal legs 12 of each assembly, once again as clearly illustrated in Figure 1.

A flexible plastic sheet 39 is secured as by heat sealing or adhesive, to adjacent the front edge 18 of the , : :: : :
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assemblies 10 and lOA and is designed to overlap the ends or outer edges of the legs 12 by approximately four inches.
Flexible plastic sheet is preferably approximately three feet in depth so that, when in position, it overlies the assembly and spreads rearwardly upon the supporting surEace therebehind such as Eloor 23 thereby protecting same against splatter and splash.

In operation, either one assembly or the two assem-blies are utilized with the wedge 17 engaging the parting line as shown in Figure 3 and in this connection, the angu-larity between the stabilizers 24 and the portions 10 or lOA
may be adjusted by the wing nut and bolt assembly 36.

The plastic sheet is then spread rearwardly over the supporting surface and the surface to be painted such as wall 21, is painted by a conventional roller in the usual manner. Before moving the assembly, which is being held in posi.tion by grasping the assemhly through the hand hold 15, a brush may be used to finish off the painted area between .
the lowermost line left by the roller and the wedge edge 19.

If one assembly only is being used then it can be utilized to protect trim such as doorway trim, adjacent the painted area of the wall 21 or the like and can be moved as necessary.

Occasionally, the assemblies 10 and 10A may be too long to enable the wedge 17 to engage the parting line due to the interference of door trim or the like. Under these circumstances, an additional wedge attachment collec-tively designated 40, may be utilized. This wedge attach~
ment preferably is formed of plastic and is provided with a tapered slot 41 enabling it to be frictionally engaged over the wedge 17 and to be held thereby. The length of this additional portion 40 is less than the length of the wedge 17 of one of the sections or assemblies 10 so that it can :~
be slid along and positioned thereby enabling same to be .
engaged upon the parting lines with the remainder of the assembly overlapping and clearing the interfering vertical trim or the like~
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The plastic sheet 39 is easily cleaned and the as-sembly is flexlble insofar as its application is concerned.

Although mention has been made of the parting lines ~.
between adjacent walls and floor areas, nevertheless it will be appreciated that it can be used between a wall and ceil-ing junction or a wall part of which is wall papered or with :
any trim which it is desired to protect during the painting action.

When one section or assembly 10 is used on its own, .

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, . . g it can be reversed and engaged between trim and wall so that the trim itself can be pain-ted readily and easily wi-thout paint being spread upon a painted wall surface.

Since various modifications can be made in my inven-5 tion as hereinabove described, and many apparently widely different embodiments of same made within the spirit and scope of the claims without departing from such spirit and scope, it is intended that all matter contained in the accom-panying specification shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

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Claims

WHAT I CLAIM AS MY INVENTION IS:
(1) A protective assembly for use when painting surfaces such as walls and the like, with a paint roller or a brush; comprising in combination an elongated, sub-stantially rigid strip, a parting line engaging wedge ex-tending outwardly and downwardly from one edge of said strip, a stabilizer for each end of said strip and a sta-bilizer adapter detachably secured to adjacent each end of said strip and pivotally attached to the adjacent stabili-zer whereby the angle between said edge and said stabilizers may be adjusted to suit the engagement of said wedge with the associated parting line.

(2) The assembly according to Claim 1 in which said strip includes the leg portion adjacent each end there-of, said stabilizer adapter being detachably secured to the adjacent leg portion.

(3) The assembly according to Claim 1 which inclu-des a pair of said strips detachably secured together by adjacent ends thereof to form a relatively long protector assembly, and a stabilizer and stabilizer adapter for each other end of each of said strips.

(4) The assembly according to Claim 2 which inclu-des a pair of said strips detachably secured together by adjacent ends thereof to form a relatively long protector assembly, and a stabilizer and stabilizer adapter for each other end of each of said strips.

(5) The assembly according to Claim 1 in which said stabilizers each comprise a flat base and a pair of spaced and parallel vertically extending lugs one on each side of said base and adjacent one side thereof, said sta-bilizer adapter being substantially wedge shaped when viewed in side elevation and being pivotally secured between said lugs by adjacent one end thereof.

(6) The assembly according to Claim 2 in which said stabilizers each comprise a flat base and a pair of spaced and parallel vertically extending lugs one on each side of said base and adjacent one side thereof, said sta-bilizer adapter being substantially wedge shaped when viewed in side elevation and being pivotally secured between said lugs by adjacent one end thereof.

(7) The assembly according to Claim 3 in which said stabilizers each comprise a flat base and a pair of spaced and parallel vertically extending lugs one on each side of said base and adjacent one side thereof, said sta-bilizer adapter being substantially wedge shaped when viewed in side elevation and being pivotally secured between said lugs by adjacent one end thereof.

(8) The assembly according to Claim 4 in which said stabilizers each comprise a flat base and a pair of spaced and parallel vertically extending lugs one on each side of said base and adjacent one side thereof, said sta-bilizer adapter being substantially wedge shaped when viewed in side elevation and being pivotally secured between said lugs by adjacent one end thereof.

(9) The assembly according to Claims 1, 2 or 3 which includes a flexible sheet of material secured by one edge thereof to adjacent the said one edge of said strip and extending rearwardly therefrom and beyond each end of said strip.

(10) The assembly according to Claims 4, 5 or 6 which includes a flexible sheet of material secured by one edge thereof to adjacent the said one edge of said strip and extending rearwardly therefrom and beyond each end of said strip.

(11) The assembly according to Claims 7 or 8 which includes a flexible sheet of material secured by one edge thereof to adjacent the said one edge of said strip and ex-tending rearwardly therefrom and beyond each end of said strip.
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