Rollable paint tray

摘要

A rollable paint tray which will be maneuvered on a floor by the painter manipulating an extended handle of a paint roller assembly is disclosed. The tray will have a body, a plurality of rolling members and a structural configuration which permits placement of the paint roller on the tray where it will remain in contact during maneuvering of the tray by the painter. The body has a paint containment area, a paint roller containment area and a rolling surface area. The painter may easily replenish fresh paint on the paint roller and roll the paint roller to obtain a desired quantity and uniformity of coverage on the paint roller. The tray permits the painter to paint a large area, along a great distance, while remaining standing straight. This eliminates the conventional need for the painter to manually move their supply of fresh paint which often involves bending or squatting.

主权项

1. A rollable paint tray to retain workpiece paint during a painting procedure performed with a workpiece paint roller assembly, the workpiece paint roller assembly having a workpiece paint roller, a workpiece paint roller retention assembly and an elongated workpiece handle, the workpiece paint roller retention assembly to provide for axial rotation of the workpiece paint roller, the elongated workpiece handle attached to the workpiece paint roller retention assembly to provide for significant spacing of the user from the workpiece paint roller during the painting procedure, the rollable paint tray comprising:
a) a body having a usage orientation during the painting procedure relative to a generally flat support surface, the body comprising:
i) a workpiece paint containment area to provide for containing a quantity of the workpiece paint, the workpiece paint containment area readily accessible for transfer of a portion of the workpiece paint contained in the workpiece paint containment area to the workpiece paint roller assembly during the painting procedure;ii) a rolling surface area to provide for distribution of workpiece paint onto the workpiece paint roller assembly during the painting procedure, the rolling surface area having an angular offset from horizontal when the rollable paint tray is positioned in the usage orientation and an angular offset from vertical when the rollable paint tray is positioned in the usage orientation and wherein the angular offset from horizontal is significantly less than the angular offset from vertical;iii) a paint roller containment area to provide for the workpiece paint roller of the workpiece paint roller assembly to be placed relative to the rollable paint tray wherein the user will manipulate the elongated workpiece handle of the workpiece paint roller assembly to easily move the rollable paint tray about on the generally flat support surface during the painting procedure;and wherein the paint roller containment area further comprises drainage means to provide for at least a portion of the workpiece paint deposited in the paint roller containment area to drain into the workpiece paint containment area of the body of the rollable paint tray; b) a plurality of rolling members attached relative to the body of the rollable paint tray, the rolling members to provide for ready movement of the rollable paint tray over the generally flat support surface during the painting procedure.