Combined paint package and roller tray
CA 2214964 C · Owner: Meade, Jeffrey · Inventors: Meade, Jeffrey
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A paint roller tray is provided adapted for use with a flexible paint container. In one embodiment, the tray is provided with an orifice in a side wall portion that can be connected by way of a conduit to the paint container. By merely lifting the paint container above the level of the tray paint flows into the tray in a, completely enclosed path whereby drips or spills are precluded. In another embodiment, a unitary package is provided that combines a roller tray with container means to hold a quantity of liquid paint and conduit means to direct paint from the container into the tray portion of the apparatus. The apparatus is preferably disposable. - 16-
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Why it's free to use
- Filed September 22, 1997 and granted April 17, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 22, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by September 22, 2019.
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