The latex paint roller cleaner
CA 2257436 A1 · Owner: Szkodzinski, Joanna (J.S.) · Inventors: Szkodzinski, Joanna (J.S.)
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
This invention is a manual tool that is used to clean latex paint off latex paint rollers. This tool is, composed of a splash guard as well as a bracket that connects the splash guard firmly onto any paint, roller. The purpose of this tool is to enable anyone using a latex paint roller to clean the paint roller, effectively and efficiently. This is accomplished by attaching the tool onto the roller, then spraying a, hose or running water onto the roller. The tool prevents the water from splashing the user and, concentrates the water onto the roller thus removing latex paint from the , roller.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 30, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 30, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 30, 2020.
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Timeline
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Sources & verification
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