Extensible paint roller

Claim 1

A ROLLER FOR RECEIVING AND ROTATABLY SUPPORTING A SLEEVE WHICH APPLIES PAINT AND THE LIKE ONTO A SURFACE SAID ROLLER COMPRISING A ROD ADAPTED FOR MOUNTING UPON AN AXLE AND FOR ROTATION ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS UPON SAID AXLE, SAID ROD CARRYING AN OUTER SUBSTANTIALLY TUBULAR SHELL MEMBER HAVING A PORTION WHICH EXTENDS LONGITUDINALLY OVER A PORTION OF SAID ROD, SAID OUTER SHELL EXTENDING IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID ROD AND INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO SPACED APART FINGERS WHOSE OUTER ENDS ARE FREE AND FORM AN OPEN END OF SAID SHELL MEMBER, SAID FINGERS EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE THEIR OUTER ENDS TO FORM TWO SLOTS THEREBETWEEN AND TO CONNECTION WITH THAT PORTION OF SAID OUTER SHELL MEMBER WHICH INCLUDES THE OTHER END THEREOF, A FIRST STOP MEMBER POSITIONED INWARDLY FROM THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID FINGERS AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID ROD AND AN INNER WALL OF SAID OUTER SHELL MEMBER, AN INNER SUBSTANTIALLY TUBULAR MEMBER WITH A PORTION TELESCOPED INSIDE A PART OF SAID OUTER TUBULAR MEMBER AND AROUND SAID ROD, SAID INNER TUBULAR MEMBER EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY LONGITUDINALLY OF AND IN ENGAGEMENT WITH A PAIR OF SAID ROD, BEING ROTATABLE THEREWITH, AND HAVING MEANS THEREON FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST STOP MEMBER, A SECOND STOP MEMBER SPACED APART FROM SAID FIRST STOP MEMBER AND DISPOSED CLOSER TO SAID OPEN END OF SAID OUTER SHELL MEMBER THAN SAID FIRST STOP MEMBER, SAID PORTION OF SAID INNER TUBULAR MEMBER INCLUDING SAID MEANS EXTENDING INTO SAID OPEN END OF SAID OUTER TUBULAR MEMBER AND BEING SLIDABLY DISPOSED UPON SAID ROD FROM A FIRST POSITION WHEREAT SAID FIRST STOP MEMBER ENGAGES SAID MEANS OF SAID INNER TUBULAR MEMBER TO FORM A ROLLER OF A FIRST LENGTH, TO A SECOND POSITION WHEREAT A PORTION OF SAID INNER MEMBER HAS BEEN MOVED LONGITUDINALLY OUT THROUGH SAID OPEN END OF SAID OUTER TUBULAR MEMBER TO BRING A PART OF SAID INNER MEMBER INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SECOND STOP MEMBER TO FORM A ROLLER OF A SECOND LENGTH GREATER THAN SAID FIRST LENGTH.