Paint brush

Claim 1

A MOLDED INTEGRAL BRUSH HANDLE COMPRISING A HOLLOW STEM AT ONE END THEREOF AND A LOCKING PORTION AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF FOR SECURELY INTEGRATING THE HANDLE WITHIN A FERRULE, FROM ONE END OF WHICH IS ADAPTED TO EXTEND A BRISTLE KNOT ANCHORED WITHIN THE FERRULE, SAID LOCKING PORTION COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL RELATIVELY TENUOUS AND GENERALLY PARALLEL MEMBERS EXTENDING TOWARDS THE END OF THE HANDLE OPPOSITE TO THE STEM LONGITUDINALLY OF THE BRUSH ACROSS SUBSTANTIALLY THE THICKNESS THEREOF FOR AT LEAST THE MAJOR PORTION OF THEIR LENGTH, SAID MEMBERS BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER TO ADAPT THEM FOR DISPOSITION AT LEAST ADJACENT TO THE MARGINAL EDGES OF THE BRUSH TO DEFINE A VOID SPACE ADJACENT TO THE WALLS OF SAID FERRULE, AT LEAST ONE NARROW TRANSVERSE ELONGATE ELEMENT INTERCONNECTING THE FREE ENDS OF SAID MEMBERS ADAPTED TO FORM A KEYING LEDGE FOR THE EMBEDMENT OF A PLASTIC MATRIX THEREAROUND WHEN SAID LOCKING PORTION IS INSERTED INTO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE FERRULE AND THE BODY OF PLASTIC MATERIAL WITHIN THE FERRULE ADJACENT TO THE BRISTLE KNOT HARDENS WITHIN SAID VOID SPACE AND ABOVE SAID TRANSVERSE ELONGATE ELEMENT.