Applicator device for precision paintwork

Claim 1

An applicator for applying painted border lines and precisely limited lines and decorations upon surfaces and objects, comprising a brush implement having a stem portion and a brush portion mounted on the stem portion and including a multitude of bristles; a flat mask platform having a sloping edge and an arched fixation end; a confining sleeve which is displaceable on said brush portion of said implement between a rest position and a plurality of working positions and tightly embraces at least a section of said brush portion to keep said bristles thereof together while received in said sleeve and to expose another section of said brush portion, the magnitude of said exposed section depending on the extent of displacement of said sleeve out of said rest position, for use in applying paint, said sleeve including a push button for displacing said sleeve out of said rest position thereof; means for resiliently urging said sleeve toward said rest position thereof relative to said brush implement; and means for mounting said mask platform on said sleeve for joint displacement therewith through an intermediary position in which said exposed section of said brush portion is substantially flush with said sloping edge of said platform to a fully extended position in which said exposed section extends beyond said sloping edge, and also for resilient movement with respect to said sleeve in a manner bringing said exposed section and said sloping edge closer together and farther apart.