Multipurpose mobile caddy

摘要

A versatile and mobile, tool, paint, accessory and supply caddy for use by painters. The caddy provides multiple storage areas for paint cans, buckets, roller covers of different sizes as well as other painting materials and supplies. Buckets are removable when in use so as to make the job of painting more efficient with everything needed readily available and handy for use.

主权项

1. A mobile caddy for holding paint, paint rollers, tools, accessories and the like within easy reach of a painter, said caddy comprising:
a base having a front wall forming a front end, a rear wall forming a rear end, side walls and interior walls that form open areas providing more than one compartment; a first interior wall extending across the side walls and together with the rear wall these two walls extend upwardly to a height greater than the height of the front wall; a first compartment formed by the front wall and first interior wall; a first removable paint bucket seated in the first compartment and being held between the front wall and the first interior wall; the first paint bucket having an open top with upwardly extending walls that form a rectangular open top, the bucket being capable of holding an amount of paint greater than a gallon sized paint can; one of the upwardly extending walls of the first paint bucket extending outwardly to form a slanted wall which has a pair of spaced apart notches; a removable screen combined with the slanted wall to remove excess paint from a paint roller, the screen having hooks adapted to engage the notches in the slanted wall of the first paint bucket; a second compartment formed by the first interior wall and a second interior wall of the same height to provide a second compartment smaller than the first compartment; a second removable paint bucket combined with the second compartment and having an open top with upwardly extending walls, the second bucket being smaller than the first paint bucket and capable of holding an amount of paint less than the amount that can be held by the first paint bucket; a removable storage basket positioned in the second compartment together with the second paint bucket leaving an open area in the second compartment, the open area providing for additional storage of paint accessories; a third compartment between the second interior wall and the rear wall and of a size adapted to hold a gallon sized can of paint; a fourth compartment between the second interior wall and the rear wall to provide for additional storage of paint supplies; a horizontally extended wall extending from side to side of the base and beneath one or more of the second, third and fourth compartments to create a fifth compartment suitable for storage of additional painting accessories; and casters mounted on the base to facilitate movement of the caddy.