Artists' paint saver caps

This invention relates to caps specifically designed to seal and protect the paint in artists\' oil and acrylic paint tubes.

Artists\' oil and acrylic paints typically come in tubes with screw-on tops. These tops are a huge source of frustration for the user. Artists waste considerable time scraping dry paint out of the grooves of the screw-on tops and from the neck grooves of the paint tubes themselves.

The Paint Saver Caps are in a single unit made from molded rubber or rubber-like material with a length of approximately ½ to 1 inch, with diameters of ⅜, ⅝ and 6/8 inches (1). The Caps slip onto the neck of the paint tube and will hold tightly, sealing out the drying air without sticking.

The Caps will replace the standard screw-on tops, thereby eliminating problems artists find most annoying, i.e. cap and tube neck threads stripping or filling with dried paint. These very typical problems are a huge waste of time, energy and paint (if the top does not fit properly the paint in the tube dries).

The Caps can be molded from a flat tab (2) on the top with a hole in its center (3). This permits the paint tubes to be hung on hooks or pegs for easy access and identification.

Artists spend much time scraping dry pain out of grooves in screw-type tops and from the grooves of the paint tube necks. This is not only time consuming and frustrating, but often damages the grooves themselves, thereby making it virtually impossible to properly recap the paint tube.

FIG. 1 (1)—A vertical support member having one end tapered to go into the ground

FIG. 1 (2)—A plurality of arms angled upwardly from a plurality of positions on the vertical support

FIG. 1 (3)—The “Y” formed between the vertical support and each arm

FIG. 1 (5)—The notches to facilitate height adjustment

FIG. 2 (4)—The vertical support and the arms all being in a common plane