Paint can and accessory holder

Claim 1

A paint can and accessory holder comprising, in combination, a base for supporting a paint can, said base including a support mount disposed generally horizontally and having fixedly secured thereon a generally flat tray sized and shaped to receive a paint can, said support mount being elongated and having its ends extending beyond the tray, an accessory tray underlying said support mount and having a lip swingably securable to one end thereof, means for swingably securing together said lip of the accessory tray and said one end of the support mount, the other end of said support mount being bifurcated, an elongated, vertical member having its lower end sized and shaped to fit within said bifurcated support mount end and being removably securable thereto, stop means carried by said support mount for abutment by said lower end of the vertical member so that the vertical member is disposed at a 90 degree angle with the support mount, means for removably securing together said bifurcated support mount end and the lower end of said vertical member, an elongated upper cross-arm removably securable along its mid-portion to the upper end of said vertical member, means for removably securing together the mid-portion of said upper cross-arm to the upper end of said vertical member, said upper cross-arm being horizontally disposed and generally vertically juxtaposed over said support mount so that one end of the cross-arm terminates at a location approximately over the center of said tray, means carried by said one end of the cross-arm for holding a paint brush or the like, and clamping means removably secured to the other end of said cross-arm for releasably gripping a ladder or other fixed structural member.