Robert Michael O'Brien

US Patent:

7159734, Jan 9, 2007

Filed:

Jan 8, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/754287

Inventors:

Robert O'Brien - Berkeley CA, US

Assignee:

Dripless, Inc. - Santa Rosa CA

International Classification:

B65D 25/14

US Classification:

22049507

Abstract:

A paint container liner system including disposable liners and an open container for receiving at least one of the disposable liners, the liners being sized and configured to fit into the inside of the container and around the rim of the container, the liners being maintained in position in the container by a suction generated during installation in one embodiment and by a noncuring adhesive interposed between the liner and container in another embodiment, the liners also being stretched around the rim of the container and in another embodiment configured with a rounded bottom to retain the liner in place during use, the system also including a container cap with a slot for supporting a paint brush during periods of nonuse.

US Patent:

46221468, Nov 11, 1986

Filed:

Aug 6, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/763316

Inventors:

Robert O'Brien - Berkeley CA

International Classification:

B01D 2504

US Classification:

210469

Abstract:

A disposable paint strainer formed of a sleeve of flexible polyethylene narrowing toward an end and a nylon mesh straining element mounted across the interior of the sleeve at the narrower end in spaced relation above such end so as to provide a skirt capable of protecting the hands of the user from contacting paint forced through the straining element by pressing the portion of the sleeve above the straining element.