Paint can brush holder

Claim 1

A paint brush positioning, elevating and holding attachment designed and adapted to be located and detachably clamped on the upper open rim-equipped end of a paint can comprising a length of bendable strap metal fashioned into an upstanding leg having upper and lower ends, said lower end being bent upon itself and being L-shaped in edge elevation and embodying (1) a horizontal long limb capable of resting for support atop a lid-mounting-rim at the upper end of said paint can and (2) a depending vertical short limb, said horizontal limb being provided with a struck-out depending positioning and retaining tongue, said depending short limb being provided with an accessible setscrew which is oriented and cooperable with said tongue and constitutes a fastener, said upper end being reduced in dimension and defining a shoulder and a centralized tang projecting above the level of said shoulder, a pair of like spaced parallel upper and lower cleats centrally apertured and fitted over said tang, the lower cleat being positioned and supported atop said shoulder, and a centrally apertured permanent magnet retentively fitted over said tang and interposed and cooperatively sandwiched between said cleats and fitted over and retentively assembled on said tang.