Paint applicator

Claim 1

A PAINT APPLICATOR COMPRISING A PAN DEFINING A BOTTOM SURFACE AND OPPOSED ENDS WALLS AND SIDE WALLS EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM, SECURING MEANS FOR FIXING A HANDLE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID BOTTOM SURFACE AND A PAINT ROLLER ASSEMBLY ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BETWEEN SAID END WALLS, SAID ROLLER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A HOLLOW CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED ROLLER COVER, AND A ROLLER CORE RECEIVED WITHIN SAID COVER, SAID ROLLER ASSEMBLY FURTHER COMPRISING A PAIR OF FLANGED RIGID CYLINDRICAL END CAP MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS EXTENDING INTO SAID HOLLOW COVER FROM OPPOSED ENDS THEREOF, AND RESILIENT MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CORE CONNECTING SAID MEMBERS, AN AXIAL PIN PROJECTING FROM A FIRST OF SAID MEMBERS, AN APERTURE DEFINED IN A FIRST OF SAID END WALLS, SAID AXIAL PIN ROTATABLY RECEIVED IN SAID APERTURE, A SCREW AXIALLY PROJECTING FROM A SECOND OF SAID MEMBERS, A VERTICALLY OPENING SLOT PROVIDED IN A SECOND OF SAID END WALLS, SAID SCREW EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOT AND AN ARM DEFINING A RECESS THEREIN, SAID ARM PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND END WALL FOR RECEIVING SAID SCREW INTO SAID RECESS, EACH OF SAID SIDE WALLS DEFINING CORRUGATIONS THEREIN WHICH EXTEND LONGITUDINALLY FROM NEAR ONE END WALL TO NEAR THE OTHER END WALL.