US 12,082,686 B2
Paint brush handle with integrated hanger assembly
Matthew Joseph Doerfler, Wooster, OH (US); 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. 17/846,390.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/214,034, filed on Jun. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408909 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A46B 17/02 (2006.01); A46B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A46B 17/02 (2013.01) [A46B 5/02 (2013.01); A46B 2200/202 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A paint brush comprising:
a handle having at least an upper elongated portion including an orifice;
bristles operatively attached to the handle;
a hanger assembly that is discrete with respect to at least the upper elongated portion of the handle, and is operatively coupled to the upper elongated portion of the handle, wherein the hanger assembly includes:
an inner part including a receiving portion and a body part having a surface groove;
a hanger having a connection portion and a hook portion, the connection portion including laterally spaced apart arms and a pivot rod extending between the laterally spaced apart arms to form a connection loop; and
a connector that operatively connects the hanger to the body part and cooperates with the pivot rod to enable the hanger to pivotably move between a retracted position in which the hanger is stowed in the surface groove and an extended position in which the hanger extends from the surface groove for hanging the paint brush from an object; and
an cover operatively coupling the hanger assembly to the upper elongated portion of the handle by an attaching portion of the cover extending through the orifice in the upper elongated portion of the handle and through the receiving portion of the inner part, such that the handle is secured to the inner part of the hanger assembly;
wherein the cover includes an opening exposing the surface groove, such that the hanger is translatable between a stowed position in the surface groove and an extended position extending from the surface groove.