1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a paint bucket comprised of an open-top-end container having a lid with attachment brackets disposed on a rear face of the lid to retain paint applicating implements thereagainst and wherein the paint bucket has a slot in a top edge thereof for the passage of a paint roller connecting rod whereby a wet roller may be stored inside the container to prevent drying thereof.
2. Description of Prior Art
It is known in the prior art to provide paint buckets having a ribbed wall surface formed with the bucket whereby to remove excess paint from a roll applicator brush rolled thereagainst. This is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,988,767. However, with such buckets there is a need to remove paint from the bucket in order to use the ribbed side wall as the paint in the bucket, when full, conceals this ribbed side wall. It is therefore necessary to have another bucket to store paint while the bucket with the flat ribbed wall is utilized. U.S. Pat. No. 2,983,938 also discloses a paint bucket wherein a roller-type paint applicator is inserted within the container, which is filled with paint, through a small cylindrical orifice and then withdrawn therefrom and during this withdrawing process a plurality of circumferential serrations will be in doctoring contact with the peripheral surface of the roller brush to remove excess paint. The purpose of this device is to eliminate the need to use paint pans which need to be constantly refilled due to their small capacity size. It also eliminates the need to clean the paint pan.
There is, however, another need for storing wet paint applicating implements, such as rollers or paint brushes, to prevent them from becoming dry when there is a pause in the applicating of paint for a substantial period of time. When wet paint implements are left uncleaned and exposed to air they dry out. This need to prevent wet paint implements from drying also eliminates the need to have to clean the paint implements each time there is a lengthy pause. Often paint implements have to be left wet for a substantial length of time.
There is a further need to provide a paint bucket which will also serve as a paint tray but without having to remove paint from within the bucket for access to a ribbed surface of the paint bucket whereby excess paint from a roller-type paint applicator can be removed.