US 12,245,686 B2
Paint brush handle with integrated grip pads
John L. Scott, Sr., Wooster, OH (US); and James M. Byrne, Wooster, OH (US)
Assigned to The Wooster Brush Company, Wooster, OH (US)
Filed by The Wooster Brush Company, Wooster, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/846,595.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/214,028, filed on Jun. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408908 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A46B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A46B 5/02 (2013.01) [A46B 2200/202 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A paint brush comprising:
a handle including:
an upper elongated portion;
an intermediate portion;
a lower portion connected to the upper elongated portion via the intermediate portion, wherein the intermediate portion flares from the elongated portion to the lower portion;
one or more pockets formed in a surface of the handle and located in the intermediate portion;
bristles operatively attached to the lower portion of the handle;
one or more grip pads integrated with the handle, wherein:
each of the one or more grip pads are disposed in one of the one or more pockets;
each of the one or more grips pads has a triangular shape; and
the handle has a greater rigidity than the one or more grip pads.