Paint applicators and kits

Claim 1

A COATING APPLICATOR COMPRISING A FOAM POLYMER APPLICATOR BODY HAVING A BASE PORTION AND AN APPLICATOR PORTION, WALL MEANS DEFINING TWO OPPOSING, SEPARABLE, HALF-SECTIONS OF A HOLLOW HANDLE, EACH WITH A HALF-SECTION OF A HOLLOW FERRULE PROVIDED AT ONE END OF SAID HOLLOW HANDLE SECTIONS, THE TWO FERRULE SECTIONS DEFINING THEREBETWEEN A CAVITY IN WHICH SAID BASE PORTION IS TIGHTLY, THOUGH REMOVABLY, HELD, A PLURALITY OF PLATES MOUNTED IN SAID CAVITY AT SPACED INTERVALS ON THE INNER SIDE OF SAID FERRULE SECTIONS, SAID PLATES HAVING A PLURALITY OF TAPERED PROJECTIONS FORMED ON ONE SIDE THEREOF, SAID PROJECTIONS BEING ARRANGED IN PARALLEL ROWS ON SAID SIDE, SAID PROJECTIONS ALL SLOPING, RELATIVE TO THE RESPECTIVE PLATES, IN A DIRECTION INWARDLY AND REARWARDLY INTO SAID CAVITY AND PENETRATING THE FOAM POLYMER WALLS OF SAID BASE PORTION TO HOLD IT IN SAID CAVITY, AND MEANS RELEASABLY HOLDING SAID HANDLE AND FERRULE SECTIONS TOGETHER WITH SAID BASE PORTION TIGHTLY HELD THEREIN.