Newell Operating Company

George Andrew Hartel

Brandon Seth Cross

Robin Edward Smith

Natalia Johnson

Christopher John Parke

Kimberly Clendenen Franklin

Matthew R Shute

Brandon Cory Hoover

Joseph Leon Lutgen

A paint roller including a roller cover retainer that is releasable to permit a roller cover to be easily removed. The device includes a locking lever pivotable relative to the frame which actuates retainers located within the roller assembly. The locking lever also exerts an axial force adapted to disengage the roller cover from the roller assembly when the retainer is disengaged. A used roller cover can be removed without the need to grasp the used roller cover. Installation of a roller cover onto the roller assembly automatically engages the retainers and shifts the locking lever into the locked position.

Releasable paint roller cover retainer

A coating applicator comprising a substrate removably mounted to a frame, where the frame includes an actuator repositionable between an engaging position and a disengaging position, where the engaging position is operative to maintain the substrate in mounting engagement with the frame, where the disengaging position is operative to discontinue the substrate in mounting engagement with the frame, and where the substrate includes a receptor for retaining a coating composition for application.

Liquid applicator

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Huntersville, NC, United States of America

George Andrew Hartel