US 12,453,410 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 Jul. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/776,329.
Application 18/776,329 is a division of application No. 17/846,390, filed on Jun. 22, 2022, granted, now 12,082,686.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/214,034, filed on Jun. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0365970 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
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)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A paint brush comprising:
a handle having at least an upper elongated portion and a laterally enlarged lower portion that is unitary with the elongated upper portion, wherein the laterally enlarged lower portion includes a pocket;
bristles operatively attached to the handle; and
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:
a body part having a surface groove, wherein the body part is arranged in the pocket of the handle;
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 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.