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Granted Patent B2
US 9,210,997 · App. 14/658,195 · Granted Dec 15, 2015

Paint brush cleaning tool

Inventor: Mary-Jean Elizabeth Repchuk (Weymouth, MA)
A46B17/06A46B15/0059A45D24/16B05C21/00B44D3/006
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Patent No.
US 9,210,997
App. No.
14/658,195
Granted
Dec 15, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A paint brush cleaning tool which may comprise: a handle; an apparatus head having a proximal end coupled to the handle and a distal end; a pick member comprising a plurality of pick teeth protruding outwards and away from the distal end of the apparatus head; and a rake member positioned proximate to the pick member and comprising a plurality of rake blades. The apparatus head may also include a brush member comprising a plurality of brush bristles protruding outwards and away from the apparatus head.

Claims (19)

1. A paint brush cleaning apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a. a handle;

b. an apparatus head having a proximal end coupled to the handle and a distal end and wherein the handle and apparatus head extend longitudinally along a longitudinal axis line;

c. a pick member comprising a plurality of pick teeth protruding outwards and away from the distal end of the apparatus head parallel with the longitudinal axis line;

d. a rake member positioned proximate to the pick member and comprising a plurality of rake blades protruding outwardly and curving away from the apparatus head in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis line; and

e. a brush member comprising a plurality of brush bristles protruding outwards and away from the apparatus head in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis line.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus head is removably coupled to the handle.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of rake blades have a blunt edge.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the number of rake blades is greater than the number of pick teeth.

5. A paint brush cleaning apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a. a handle;

b. a handle extension coupled to the handle;

c. an apparatus head having a proximal end coupled to the handle extension and a distal end and wherein the handle, the handle extension, and the apparatus head extend longitudinally along a longitudinal axis line;

d. a pick member comprising a plurality of pick teeth protruding outwards and away from the distal end of the apparatus head parallel with the longitudinal axis line;

e. a rake member positioned proximate to the pick member and comprising a plurality of rake blades protruding outwardly and curving away from the apparatus head in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis line; and

f. a brush member comprising a plurality of brush bristles protruding outwards and away from the apparatus head in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis line.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the apparatus head is removably coupled to the handle extension.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of rake blades have a blunt edge.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the number of rake blades is greater than the number of pick teeth.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2025
From: REPCHUK, MARY-JEAN ELIZABETH, MS.
To: ASSOON, OAKA NIMA, MS.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61977465 · Apr 9, 2014
Related Publication 20150289640A1 · Oct 15, 2015