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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7870951 | Single use ink cup holder and hand tray A disposable single use ink cup holder and hand tray for stabilizing and organizing ink cups. A hand tray adjacent the ink cup holder allows a Tattoo Artist access to all the openings for the ink cups while resting his or her hand on the hand tray so any inks or bod... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7445113 | System for storing, organizing and cataloguing paint Disclosed herein is a novel paint storage, organizing and cataloguing system. The system comprises a tray that holds two or more containers of paint. The containers of paint comprise a form secured thereto for recording useful cataloguing information. In addition, d... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7434681 | Wetting vessel for paint brush and paint blocks equipped therewith A wetting vessel (6) designed to contain an element made of absorbent material (8) saturated in its lower part with wetting liquid and including elements (80) for decanting pigments if any contained in the wetting liquid. In accordance with one ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7422101 | Storing and using artist pastels in godets Artist pastels are stored and utilized as a pressed powder that is retained within a pan-like container or godet. The godet is a container having a bottom, at least one side and a top opening that defines a recess area to receive the pressed powder to be used as an ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7284675 | Food plate A plate formed from a generally rectangular flat sheet of flexible material that can be configured to be bowed both longitudinally and laterally to form a concave food holding area and a generally flat container-carrying area with a container-holding hole which perm... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7044291 | Glue tote The embodiment of this invention is disclosed, which describes a device to carry two cans at one time in a secure fashion. This invention allows the user of the device to carry either pint or quart sized cans to any site in a secure fashion. It rests on a base, whic... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6994553 | Paint color card and methods of using the same A paint color card having a substrate with a surface coated with a layer of a colored coating composition formulated to have a dried color that is substantially similar to the dried color of a commercially-available paint composition. The paint color card has a plur... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6929474 | Support apparatus for supporting components of dental material A support apparatus for supporting components of a dental material includes two individual bottles each capable of receiving therein a component which can be shaken. Each individual bottle has a coding associated therewith and a cover has cover regions with respecti... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926527 | Method and apparatus for transferring or applying a drawing to a surface The present invention comprises a kit. The kit provides the ability to transfer a drawing to an object and to provide color and/or shading in the transferred drawing. A first sheet is provided having a first side and a second side, the first side including a drawing... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918496 | Collapsible shelf assembly having adjustable holding strap for containers A shelf constructed from lightweight sheet metal, which can be used in conjunction with a “French” type box easel, and carried and stored within the box of the easel. The shelf itself maintains a shelf supporting arm in an upright plane so that a holding end of ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6814886 | Craft and amusement composition and method of making same In broadest terms, a craft composition and a craft composition kit, the composition comprising: a first component in a first container and comprising a first solution of polyvinyl acetate and polyvinyl alcohol and a first colorant, a second component in a second con... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6802715 | Paint tray activity desk A paint activity tray has a first section with a workspace at least partly surrounded by a channel for holding excess water and a second section with recesses holding containers for water and watercolor paint blocks. A container with a handle holding paint brushes t... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6386138 | Spill-proof coloring container The spill-proof coloring container is an invention that because of its unique geometry and design, will when oriented in any position prevent spillage of liquid contents when filled to predetermined amount. Because of the use of vacuum formed sheet in the... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6325206 | Painting kit A painting kit for holding paints and water. The painting kit includes a vessel having a bottom wall. The bottom wall has a top surface. A peripheral wall extends upward from in the bottom wall. A plurality of containers for holding paint is fixedly mount... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6302267 | Palette system A palette system for use in storing and holding substances such as paint or glue, and for maintaining these substances in a usably moist condition for extended periods of time, is provided. The palette system is provided with a sealable open-top box struc... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6244180 | Ink stamping systems and methods A system for forming artistic ink impressions. A case stores ink stamping accessories and/or allows large surface area stamps to be used.... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6003673 | Packaging unit for a liquid to semi-liquid product A packaging unit includes a body delimited by a peripheral edge, and defining inside the peripheral edge at least one hollow compartment containing at least one liquid or semi-liquid product, and having an opening. A removable element is provided for obtu... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5850910 | Disposable artist palette An artists' disposable palette (10) comprising a paperboard blank (26) having a peripheral edge (16) and a hole (14) formed centrally therein. The blank (26) has a first cut line (28) extending between the hole (14) and the peripheral edge (16) of the bla... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5678684 | Container for liquids The present invention provides a virtually spill-proof container for use with paint or liquids of comparable viscosity. In particular, the container of the present invention comprises a receptacle having a base portion and a top portion, an insert member ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5590785 | Furniture finish color spot repair kit and method of making the same A furniture finish color spot repair kit provides soluble color elements on a palette which is in the form of a card, deck of cards or a tube. The kit is also provided with a solvent and a brush for dissolving, mixing and applying colors to a damaged area... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5484637 | Tempered glass artist palettes Palettes are made from a sheet of translucent tempered glass and, except for table-top palettes (although optionally there also), provided with a textured surface or a sheet of white vinyl laminated on the backside of the sheet. A thumb hole is provided o... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5348144 | Artist sketch box An improved artist sketch box is described as including a bottom with upstanding walls attached to the bottom generally about the perimeter forming a base compartment, diagonal members affixed within the base compartment further defining the area therein,... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5325958 | Combination paint tray and storage box A combination tray and box for storing a plurality of paint colors therein, the apparatus comprising an elongated substantially rectangular housing being generally defined by a planar bottom and four sides, the housing having an open top whereby a storage... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5318171 | Water color painting apparatus A water color painting kit apparatus includes a color stand having a plurality of recesses with water color blocks secured in each recess. The blocks project upwardly from the outer surfaces in coplanar orientation. Three paint brushes are included, each ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5277302 | Combination paint palette and storage device A combination paint palette and storage device includes a generally planar palette base having a thumb aperture and hand grip defined therein. The palette base further defines a plurality of paint mixing recesses and supports a rotating wheel color mix di... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5257721 | Painter's box A painter's box or artist's sketch box has a removable lid, a reversible palette, movable partitions enabling the changing of the compartments of the box, a detachably mounted brush holder, a detachably mounted charcoal holder, and support legs that suppo... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5249667 | Apparatus for maintaining optimum artist's pigment media characteristics and method of making same An artist's palette is shown having surface roughness values conducive to wetting, spreading and suspension maintenance of water color, acrylic and other pigment media. Porous materials having selected permeability versus open porosity are disclosed which... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5209664 | Artist's palette An artist's palette of any suitable configuration having at least three pairs of designated areas (A,B,C) in an adjacent relationship. Each pair of areas provided to receive a first color. Each designated area (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) of each pair having ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5103969 | Portable tray having a movable handle The present invention is an apparatus comprising a portable object, a longitudinally disposed carrying handle for the portable object having first and second ends, and first and second handle retaining means. More particularly, the apparatus can be a pain... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5074239 | Easter eggs decorating and coloring kit An Easter egg decorating and coloring kit for dyeing and painting Easter eggs and including an arrangement of dye chambers integrally formed and arranged in a linear orientation. A paint tray having paint receptacles and a paintbrush receptacle for placem... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4911642 | Color wheel palette The color wheel palette includes a generally circular bottom plate with a raised annular shelf and a non-raised central portion, the shelf having a number of spaced color paint wells uniformly disposed therein which may contain color paints therein, while... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4901846 | Artist's paint carrier system A lightweight paint carrier system for use with artist's acrylic paint containers or bottles of a fixed size and cylindrical shape. A number of generally circular trays are provided with a central post. The trays nest together with one tray nesting atop a... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4765457 | Paint box At least two trays are positioned over each other which are lockable by a cover. One of the trays is a drawer which is lockable in an inserted position with the cover. The paint box can have an upper and a lower tray and the upper tray can comprise a rect... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4735306 | Pallet with paint receptacles There is described a painter implement, more particularly a pallet with a base, such as a plate, whereon a plurality of locations for ready-to-use paint are provided, in which at least one receptacle wherein a liquid and/or paste supply can be stored, is ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4480744 | Multi-sectioned storage case A multi-sectioned hinged case is provided which is specifically adapted to facilitate the storage and retrieval of numerous articles of differing size and configuration. When open the case is adapted to stand upright securely with its respective sections ... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4470488 | Carrying case for health program Portable case for such things as a health program. The case includes a bottom housing having a bottom, a back wall, two side walls and a front wall. The front wall has an aperture in the lower part thereof sufficient in size to allow the insertion into or... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4416632 | Paint-by-numbers kit A novel paint-by-numbers kit containing a panel board with a non-porous paper mounted thereon. The paper contains thereon a plurality of different unpainted picture areas and a plurality of different water-insoluble portions together constituting an unpai... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4335812 | Artist's sketch box tray and carrying case for the same Artist's sketch box tray is a rectangular tray with partitions for holding the artist's equipment. The tray can be vacuum-formed plastic, wood, metal or other comparable material, can be enclosed in a paper or transparent polymer tube for sale, and can be... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4027404 | Paint set and teaching aid A paint teaching set which includes a base having a central portion which is provided with a circular array of equi-angularly spaced recesses adapted to replaceably receive pads containing pigments making up progressively different colors of the color spe... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3954314 | Paint box and easel combination Easel base having compartment for paint tubes and also brushes has a central rib formed with notches. A detachable lid for the base functions as a palette. Hinged to the front edge of the base is an upright member having a bail which fits into any of the ... | 05/04/1976 |