System and method for preserving paintbrush bristles

a paintbrush and bristle technology, applied in the field of system and method for preserving paintbrush bristles, can solve the problems of reducing the useful life of paintbrush bristles, requiring care to maintain their useful life, shortening the useful life, etc., and achieves the effect of not bending or damaging the bristles, facilitating the drying of the bristles, and easy and quick sliding down the handl
US20070056130A1Inactive Publication Date: 2007-03-15BAKER +1
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
BAKER
Publication Date
2007-03-15
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A system and method for protecting bristles that includes a sleeve sized and shaped to be slideably received over a handle attached to the bristles, the sleeve formed of breathable material to facilitate drying of the bristles, and the sleeve formed of rigid material to support the handle and the bristles in a vertical orientation and to protect the bristles, the sleeve formed of a length sufficient to cover the bristles, and to cover at least a portion of the handle. In accordance with the method, the sleeve is slid over the proximal end of the handle and moved down the handle to a position where the sleeve covers the bristles and a first end of the sleeve extends beyond the bristles, and the handle is placed in a vertical orientation so that the first end of the sleeve bears against a supporting surface to hold the handle and the bristles in a vertical orientation.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 461,179, filed Jun. 12, 2003, now pending, which application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] The present invention pertains to preserving and enhancing the life of bristles used in painting, and more particularly, to a tubular device and method of use that protects the bristles, aids in drying the bristles, and enables storing of the bristles in a vertical orientation.

[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0005] High quality artists' brushes have bristles that are made from very fine hair of animals' sophisticated synthetic fiber, a combination of animal hair and synthetic fiber, or even human hair. These bristles may, for example, be obtained from the hair of camels, goats, horses, badger, and even squirrels. Guard hair, which is a longer, stiffer hair that protects animals...

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