Paint brush, pad and roller holder and can carrier

Claim 1

A wide elongated upstanding inclined support including front and rear sides and a lower elongated, transverse shelf projecting outwardly from and extending transversely from the front side of the support toward which the lower end of the support is inclined, said shelf including longitudinally spaced opposite end portions defining a drainage slot therebetween, said shelf opposite end portions being upwardly and outwardly inclined from said support, and mounting means carried by the lower end of said support below the shelf adapting the support for alternately mounting said support on the upper rim portion of a paint can, roller tray or paint box peripheral wall, the upper portion of said support defining a transversely narrowed upper end portion including opposite side tab portions projecting outwardly from the front side of said support, said tab portions being spaced apart a distance for receiving the upper portion of a paint brush handle therebetween, one of said tab portions including a pivoted latching lever supported therefrom and swingable in a plane generally paralleling said inclined support, said latching lever being swingable to a position bridging the spacing between said tab portions and for releasably retaining said paint brush handle between said tab portions, the other of said tab portions being reversely bent to define a channel extending longitudinally of the support and opening laterally outwardly of the front side of said support, said channel being adapted to receive the handle portion of a paint roller therein having the roller portion thereof supported from the forward portion of said shelf, said mounting means including a rearwardly and downwardly inclined mounting bracket portion carried by the lower end of said support, said mounting bracket portion terminating rearwardly in a forwardly bowed portion in turn terminating forwardly in a downwardly directed portion including a lower rearwardly directed flange spaced below said bowed portion, said downwardly directed portion defining a transverse rearwardly opening channel between said bowed portion and said rearwardly directed flange for receiving therein a clamp band clamped about the upper end of a paint can, said mounting means also including an elongated angulated latch flange pivotally supported at one end to the forward side of said rearwardly and downwardly inclined portion above said forwardly bowed portion and swingable into and out of position with the other end portion of said latch flange closely paralleling the front side of said downwardly directed portion and with said latch flange bridging across said forwardly bowed portion for clampingly engaging the upper reinforcing bead of one wall of a paint tray.