Zibra, LLC Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110131745 | PAINT ROLLER GUIDE - A roller guide assembly is attached to a paint roller frame to maintain a consistent space between a surface adjacent to the surface being painted and a roller cover carried by the roller frame. The roller guide assembly includes a guide arm attached to a vertical portion of the roller frame and a mounting clamp that that fits on the roller frame. The mounting clamp uses an adjustable locking screw and tightening knob to secure the mounting clamp to the roller frame. The mounting clamp has a cavity configured to receive the guide arm such that the guide arm extends past the roller cover. The roller guide assembly also has a storage clip mounted on the roller frame for temporarily storing the guide arm while the roller cover is being reloaded with paint. The guide arm mounts to the roller frame between a first bend extending from a shank that extends from a cage section of the roller frame that receives the roller cover and before a second bend that bends back to meet a handle grip of the roller frame. | 06-09-2011 |
20090133207 | Quick release paint roller - A quick-release paint roller having a roller cover that can be removed from a frame without requiring the user to apply a force directly to the roller cover. The frame includes a pair of arms having base portions received in a hand grip. The arms diverge outwardly to form a Y-shaped frame, wherein distal ends of the arms have mounting cones configured to receive opposing ends of the tube-shaped roller cover in a rotatable manner with respect to the frame. The paint roller has a roller capture mechanism that pivots the arms between a roller-capture position in which the roller cover is captured between the arms and a roller-release position in which the roller cover is decoupled from the arms. A roller-release button is configured to actuate the capture mechanism to pivot the arms between their roller-capture positions and their roller-release positions. | 05-28-2009 |
20080276400 | Quick release paint roller - A quick-release paint roller having a roller cover that can be removed from a handle assembly without requiring the user to apply a force directly to the roller cover. The paint roller includes a tube-shaped roller cover having an outer surface of paint absorbing material and a rotatably mounted roller core. When the actuator is in the release position, the roller mounting device is free of the latching mechanism, thus permitting the roller core and roller cover to be removed from the handle assembly. | 11-13-2008 |
20080240869 | Reverse tipped router bit - A router bit with an elongate body having a shank end and a cutter element support head. The shank end projects outwardly from the body to facilitate mounting the router bit on a rotating machine, and the cutter element support head extends in the opposite direction from the shank end and has an axis of rotation (A) which is coaxial with the shank. The cutter element support head is formed with two flutes in a diametrically opposed relation, each flute having an outer surface and a cut-away inner surface with a groove being formed in the outer surface of the flute along the longitudinal length of the cutter element support head. An elongate cutter element is affixed in the longitudinal groove of each flute. The cutter elements are configured such that they form a hook angle (α) that is greater than or equal to 35 degrees. | 10-02-2008 |