Large can for a brushable coating composition

Abstract

A large can ( 1 ) suitable for containing a brushable coating composition of the type applied at ambient temperatures to surfaces of buildings and which can is conveniently closeable by a screw-thread lid ( 7 ) where the opening ( 2 ) into the can is provided with screw-threads ( 5 ) formed around its external surface and a brushwipe ( 9 ) preferably comprising an edge ( 10 ) having different curvatures ( 10 a and 10 b ) located in a position remote from the screw-threads. Provision of the brushwipe guards against the wiping of an overloaded paint brush on areas of the opening from which paint wiped from the brush could run to block screw threads and so make use of the screw-thread lid impracticable. The can preferably also contains a re-entrant rebate ( 32 ) in its side wall ( 37 ) to provide a brush rest ( 34 ) within the can and also means for guiding a user of the can to hold it in a preferred orientation during painting.

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         11 . A large can for a brushable coating composition which can has a capacity of above 0.2 litres and is formed with a side wall of which one portion contains a re-entrant angled concavity created by two mutually inclined webs which extend into the can and meet along an angled edge portion wherein a further portion of the side wall contains a waist extending around the further portion along a path rising whereby the angled concavity and vertically rising waist allow the can to be comfortably held by an adult human hand.  
     
     
         12 . A can as claimed in  claim 11  wherein the mutually inclined webs are partially elliptical.  
     
     
         13 . A large can for a brushable coating composition which can has a capacity of above 0.2 litres, an opening large enough for use with a brush of a width of at least 20 mm and which is formed with a side wall wherein one portion of the side wall contains a concavity created by two mutually inclined webs which extend into the can where they meet creating a vertically extending connection wherein the webs are partially elliptical, another portion of the side wall contains a re-entrant waist and the concavity and waist are dimensioned to receive human fingers or thumbs comfortably and are positioned so that the combination of the concavity and the waist allow the can to be comfortably held between the fingers and thumb of one adult human hand.  
     
     
         14 . A can as claimed in  claim 13  wherein waist extends around the can along an arcuate vertically rising path which allows the can to accommodate the natural tendency for gripping fingers to rise slightly upwards relative to their thumb.  
     
     
         15 . A can as claimed in  claim 11  or  claim 13  wherein the waist extends up to about 75% of the girth of the can.  
     
     
         16 . A can as claimed in  claim 11  or  claim 13  wherein the two mutually inclined webs meet along a curved portion of the can.  
     
     
         17 . A can as claimed in  claim 11  or  claim 13  wherein the length of the curved portion is from 30 to 70 mm.  
     
     
         18 . A can as claimed in  claim 11  or  claim 13  wherein the two mutually inclined webs meet along an angled edge portion.  
     
     
         19 . A can as claimed in  claim 11  or  claim 13  wherein the ends of the waist are contiguous with the connection where the inclined webs meet.  
     
     
         20 . A can as claimed in  claim 11  or  claim 13  wherein the can is provided with a brushwipe located within the can and terminating in a distal brushwiping edge comprising a portion of larger curvature and a portion of smaller curvature wherein the line of the smaller curvature follows approximately the line of the connection where the mutually inclined webs meet whereby when the can is held by a user, the brushwipe is guided into a favorable orientation for wiping a flat face of a rectangular paint brush.  
     
     
         21 . A can as claimed in  claim 11  or  claim 13  when closed by a screw-threaded lid.  
     
     
         22 . A closed can a claimed in  claim 11  or  claim 13  when containing a paint, lacquer, varnish, woodstain or other coating composition of the type commonly applied using a brush.