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A BRUSH HOLDER AND WIPER ATACHMENT FOR PAINT CANS COMPRISING: AN ANNULAR BODY HAVING AN AXIAL PASSAGE DIMENSIONED TO RECEIVE A PAINT BRUSH OR THE LIKE, SAID BODY INCLUDING AN UPPER SUBSTANTIALLY FUNNEL-SHAPED DRAIN PORTION, AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION PROVIDING AN INTERNAL CIRCULAR SHELF THE UPPER FACE OF WHICH MERGES INTO THE INNER FACE OF THE DRAIN PORTION AT ITS LOWER END, THE INNER EDGE OF THE SHELF CIRCUMSCRIBING A PAINT BRUSH PASSAGE APERTURE, A CYLINDRICAL BAFFLE PORTION DEPENDING FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID SHELF AND CONCENTRIC WITH THE BRUSH APERTURE, SUPPORTS EXTENDING AXIALLY BETWEEN AND CONNECTING THE OUTER FACES OF THE DRAIN PORTION AND THE BAFFLE, SAID SUPPORTS BEING SPACED APART CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AROUND SAID BODY AND EXTENDING RADIALLY THEREFROM, AND THE RADIALLY OUTERMOST FACES OF THE SUPPORTS BEING UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY DIVERGENT FROM THE LOWER END PORTION OF THE CYLINDRICAL BAFFLE TO THEIR POINTS OF JUNCTURE WITH SAID DRAIN PORTION, PORTIONS OF SAID RADIALLY OUTERMOST FACES BEING SPACED SUFFICIENTLY FROM SAID BODY TO PERMIT PAINT OR THE LIKE TO FLOW FREELY BETWEEN THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOLDER AND THE SURROUNDING MOUTH EDGE OF A PAINT CAN OR THE LIKE.