Paintbrush holder
CA 2212274 A1 · Owner: Hetu, Richard · Inventors: Hetu, Richard
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A can-mounted paintbrush holder is a novel idea. It (1) holds the paintbrush in the paint can (2) keeps the paintbrush in its original shape even when it is full of paint (3) prevents the paintbrush from retaining too much paint by providing openings through which excess paint is drained off (4) allows the user to have one hand free when moving to another location (5) is reusable and is made out of plastic that is resistant to paint solvents and (6) is easy to use and clean. This invention can do all this and much more. Because of its shape it helps the paintbrush retain its initial shape when not in use. The openings in the holder allow excess paint to drain away. The holder's unique means …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed August 19, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 19, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 19, 2019.
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