Safety float valve

Claim 1

A FLOAT FOR A PAINT RECEPTACLE HAVING AN OPENING AT THE TOP SUBSTANTIALLY OF THE SAME AREA AS THE FLOAT, THE FLOAT COMPRISING TWO SIMILAR MEMBERS SEMICIRCULAR IN AREA, OFFSET HINGE MEANS CONNECTING THE MEMBERS ALONG THEIR DIAMETERS AND HAVING THINNER PORTIONS AT THEIR DIAMETERS WITH LESS FLOATATION TO FORM A SHALLOW ANGULAR SPACE AT THE DIAMETER AND THE OFFSET HINGE MEANS ADMITTING LIQUID PAINT THERETHROUGH FROM BELOW THE FLOAT TO FILL SAID SPACE, THE OUTER EDGES OF THE FLOAT MEMBERS SUBSTANTIALLY FITTING THE INSIDE OF A RECEPTACLE INTO WHICH THE FLOAT IS INSERTED, THE DEPOSIT OF PAINT FROM THE RECEPTACLE FORMING A THIN FILM BETWEEN THE INSIDE OF THE RECEPTACLE AND THE OUTSIDE OF THE FLOAT ADAPTED TO HARDEN AND FORM A SEAL TO PROTECT IN THE RECEPTACLE AND TO PREVENT LOSS AND CONTAMINATION THEREOF.