Edger attachment for paint brushes

Claim 1

AN EDGER ATTACHMENT FOR PAINT BRUSHES, SAID ATTACHMENT COMPRISING: (A) A MOUNTING BRACKET ADAPTED FOR SECUREMENT TO THE HEAD OF A PAINT BRUSH ADJACENT ONE SIDE THEREOF, (B) A SHIELDING PLATE FORMED FROM GENERALLY RIGID SHEET MATERIAL, SAID SHIELDING PLATE BEING SLIGHTLY GENERALLY ARCUATE IN CROSS SECTIN WITH THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION THEREOF BEING BOWED AWAY FROM SAID BRUSH, (C) MEANS MOUNTING SAID SHIELDING PLATE ON SAID BRACKET FOR PIVOTAL SWINGING MOVEMENTS OF SAID SHIELDING PLATE BETWEEN AN OPERATIVE SHIELDING POSITION GENERALLY ADJACENT THE BRISTLES OF SAID BRUSH AND AN INOPERATIVE POSITION AWAY FROM SAID BRISTLES, (D) SAID SHIELDING PLATE HAVING A LOWER EDGE PORTION ADAPTED TO GUIDE AND LINEATE THE BRISTLE END PORTIONS OF THE BRUSH, AND SAID SHIELDING PLATE BEING OF A LENGTH TO DISPOSE ITS LOWER EDGE PORTION IN SPCED RELATION ABOVE THE BRISTLE END PORTIONS OF THE NORMALLY STRAIGHT BRISTLES WHEREBY THE EDGE PORTION OF SAID SHIELDING PLATE GENERALLY COINCIDES WITH THE BRISTLES END PORTIONS WHEN THE BRISTLES OF THE BRUSH ARE FLEXED FOR PAINTING, (E) THE LOWER EDGE PORTION OF SAID SHIELDING PLATE BEING GENERALLY FLAT AND EXTENDING IN GENERAL PARALLELISM WITH THE PLANE OF SAID BRUSH WHEN SAID SHIELDING PLATE IS IN ITS OPERATIVE POSITION, AND (F) SAID SHIELDING PLATE HAVING A TAB LOCATED FOR MANUAL ENGAGEMENT TO MOVE SAID SHIELDING PLATE TO ITS INOPERATIVE POSITION.