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A PAINT APPLYING DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A FRAME WITH A GENERALLY PLANAR SUPPORT HAVING A FORWARD EDGE; HANDLE MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SUPPORT FOR MANUAL MANIPULATION OF SAID PAINT APPLYING DEVICE; A GENERALLY PLANAR PAINT APPLYING MEMBER SECURED TO SAID SUPPORT AND ADAPTED TO LIE FLUSHLY AGAINST A SURFACE OF TRIMMING THE BORDER THEREOF ADJACENT AND ADJOINING SURFACE, SAID PAINT APPLYING DEVICE HAVING A FORWARD EDGE POSITIONED IN GENERALLY VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SUPPORT FORWARD EDGE; A GUIDE MEMBER INCLUDING A GENERALLY PLANAR BASE HAVING A FORWARD EDGE; MEANS ON SAID SUPPORT DEFINING A PIVOT AXIS PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF SAID SUPPORT AND SPACED REARWARDLY OF SAID SUPPORT FORWARD EDGE FOR PIVOTALLY SECURING SAID GUIDE MEMBER BASE TO SAID SUPPORT FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID GUIDE MEMBER BETWEEN A PAINTING POSITION WHEREIN SAID GUIDE MEMBER BASE RESTS UPON SAID SUPPORT AND A PAINT LOADING POSITION WHEREIN SAID GUIDE MEMBER BASE IS INCLINED WITH RESPECT TO SAID SUPPORT; A SPACING MEMBER EXTENDING GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR DOWNWARDLY FROM THE FORWARD EDGE OF SAID GUIDE MEMBER BASE AND ADAPTED TO OVERLIE THE FORWARD EDGE OF SAID SUPPORT WHEN SAID GUIDE MEMBER BASE IS IN THE PAINTING POSITION TO PREVENT PAINT FROM BEING APPLIED TO SAID ADJOINING SURFACE DURING TRIMMING OPERATION, SAID SPACING MEMBER BEING MOVED TO A POSITION SPACED ABOVE THE PLANE OF SAID PAINT APPLYING MEMBER WHEN SAID GUIDE MEMBER BASE IS PIVOTED INTO SAID PAINT LOADING POSITION WHEREBY SAID PAINT APPLYING DEVICE MAY BE DIPPED INTO A SUPPLY OF PAINT WITHOUT GETTING PAINT UPON SAID SPACING MEMBER; AND LEVER MEANS ON SAID GUIDE MEMBER BASE AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE PLANE THEREOF, SAID LEVER MEANS HAVING A MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE PORTION DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF SAID PIVOT AXIS AND ADJACENT SAID HANDLE MEANS FOR MANUAL MANIPULATION OF SAID GUIDE MEMBER BASE BETWEEN SAID PAINTING AND PAINT LOADING POSITIONS.