Bib-type painter's aid

Claim 1

A PAINTER''S AID DEVICE COMPRISING A PANEL FORMED OF SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID MATERIAL AND OF A SIZE AND SHAPE TO DEFINE A BIB-LIKE APRON, SAID PANEL HAVING UPPER AND LOWER END PORTIONS, FLEXIBLE NECK EMBRACING MEANS CARRIED BY THE UPPER END PORTION FOR SUPPORTING THE PANEL IN A VERTICAL OVERLYING POSITION RELATIVE TO THE FRONT OF THE UPPER TORSO OF THE BODY OF A USER WITH A PANEL BEING ADAPTED TO ASSUME A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL POSITION BEARING AGAINST THE FRONT OF THE UPPER TORSO OF THE BODY OF A USER WHO IS IN A STANDING ERECT POSITION AND THE PANEL BEING SWINGABLE IN A PENDULOUS MANNER OUT OF SUCH ENGAGEMENT AND AWAY FROM THE FRONT OF THE USER''S BODY WHEN THE USER LEANS FORWARDLY WITH THE PANEL THEN IN A VERTICAL SUSPENDED POSITION, SAID PANEL HAVING A FLAT FRONT FACE, A RIGID RECEPTACLE ADAPTED TO CONTAIN PAINT OR SIMILAR LIQUID AND HAVING A RIGID BOTTOM WALL, SIDE WALL AND FRONT AND REAR WALLS, SAID WALLS BEING CONNECTED AND SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING AN OPEN TOP, SAID RIGID REAR WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE HAVING A FLAT REAR FACE, AND MEANS COOPERATIVELY CARRIED BY THE REAR WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE AND THE PANEL FOR REMOVABLY SECURELY MOUNTING THE RECEPTACLE ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE PANEL WITH THE RECEPTACLE POSITIONED TRANSVERSELY OF THE PANEL AND DISPOSED AT THE LOWER END PORTION THEREOF AND WITH THE REAR FACE OF THE REAR WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE ENGAGING THE FRONT FACE OF THE PANEL IN FIXED FACE TO FACE SURFACE CONTACTING RELATION THEREWITH, SAID COOPERATIVE SECURING MEANS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF TRANSVERSE SLOTS FORMED THROUGH THE PANEL AT THE LOWER END PORTION AND SPACED APART WIDTHWISE THEREOF, SAID PANEL HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT REAR FACE, FLAT RETAINER TONGUES CONNECTED IN UPSTANDING OFFSET REARWARD PARALLEL RELATION WITH THE REAR WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE, LATERAL SHOULDERS CONNECTING THE TONGUES TO THE REAR WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE AND SAID TONGUES BEING PASSED THROUGH THE SLOTS AND ENGAGING THE REAR FACE OF THE PANEL WITH THE SHOULDERS SEATED ON THE LOWER BOUNDING EDGES OF THE SLOTS.