Robert J. Janssen
Engineers at Buerkle Rd, Saint Paul, MN

6601262, Aug 5, 2003

Apr 10, 2001

09/829542

Robert Ives Janssen - Mendota Heights MN

Padco, INC

B05C 1700

1523011, 1525705, 1525706, 152101, 206229, 492 13, 492 19, 118216, 118255, D4122, D4123, D32 531

A decorative painting kit including multiple-color paint applicators and a method of decoratively painting a surface though in situ surface blending of two or more paints of different colors by using a multiple-color paint applicator which is stroked over the same surface a sufficient number of time to at least partially blend the different paint colors. The partial in situ surface blending of two or more paints produces a decorative pattern on the painted surface that is color characterized by having areas with some of the original paint colors and other areas with various blends of the original paint colors thereon to produce a decoratively painted surface.

6764715, Jul 20, 2004

Jul 29, 2002

10/207663

Robert Ives Janssen - Mendota Heights MN 55118

B05D 128

427256, 427280, 427428

A method and apparatus for spatter painting wherein an open-loop paint applicator which can be a paint roller cover having a set of elongated interconnected members or fibers that are rolled in a shallow layer of paint, preferably a thixotropic paint, to randomly draw paint from the paint reservoirs onto peripheral portions of the open-loop members that extend into the paint reservoir to produce a partially loaded paint roller cover having randomly spaced globules and droplets of paint thereon. When the partially loaded paint roller cover is rolled over a surface the paint globules and droplets located in a random pattern on the paint roller cover are transferred to a surface to produce a “spatter effect” even though the paint roller cover normally produces a textured surface.

2006010, May 18, 2006

Nov 16, 2005

11/280750

Robert Janssen - Mendota Heights MN, US

B05D 5/00, B05C 11/00, B05D 1/28

427429000, 427256000, 118264000

A paint kit and method for decorative color painting, the paint kit comprising a paint transfer member for receiving and carrying a load of at least two different color paints in a side-by-side condition and a paint applicator for lifting at least a partial load of one of the at least two different color paints from the paint transfer member to a surface area to be painted and applying and blending the at least two different colored paints on the surface to be decoratively painted through contact between the paint applicator and the surface area to be decoratively painted.

5249330, Oct 5, 1993

Jun 1, 1992

7/891927

Robert I. Janssen - Mendota Heights MN

A46B 502, A47K 702, A47L 100

1523011

A paint roller applicator to create in a user's mind that a paint roller applicator is a tool that can replace a paint brush for applying paint to large or small surfaces, with the invention including a socket housing for holding a paint roller frame, with the socket housing mountable on the base of a conventional paint brush handle, so that a user has a conventional paint brush handle as a hand grip on a paint roller applicator to acquaint the user that a paint roller applicator can be used on large or small surfaces. The user can mount the frame of the paint roller applicator directly in the base of the paint brush handle or in a socket housing that is frictionally held in the normal ferrule band on a flat blade paint brush handle with the socket housing including a member for interlocking connecting the frame of a paint roller applicator thereto and lips for holding my paint roller applicator on the edge of paint tray when the paint roller applicator is not in use.

5868515, Feb 9, 1999

Feb 24, 1997

8/804593

Robert Ives Janssen - Mendota Heights MN

Padco, Inc. - Minneapolis MN

F16C 1110

403 97

A yoke member comprises a pair of handle-engaging members supported from a connecting member with at least one of the handle-engaging members attached to the connecting member with a living hinge to provide a one-piece attachment for a tool to enable a tool handle to be secured between the handle-engaging members.

D338107, Aug 10, 1993

May 28, 1991

7/706091

Robert I. Janssen - Mendota Heights MN

D 4138

D334477, Apr 6, 1993

May 28, 1991

7/706064

Robert I. Janssen - Mendota Heights MN

D 4138

6238740, May 29, 2001

Feb 26, 1999

9/258219

Robert Ives Janssen - Mendota Heights MN

Padco Inc. - Minneapolis MN

B05D 128

427260

A decorative painting kit including multiple-color paint applicators and a method of decoratively painting a surface though in situ surface blending of two or more paints of different colors by using a multiple-color paint applicator which is stroked over the same surface a sufficient number of time to at least partially blend the different paint colors. The partial in situ surface blending of two or more paints produces a decorative pattern on the painted surface that is color characterized by having areas with some of the original paint colors and other areas with various blends of the original paint colors thereon to produce a decoratively painted surface.

6851570, Feb 8, 2005

Mar 2, 2001

09/798664

Robert Ives Janssen - Mendota Heights MN, US

B05C021/00

220570, 22049502

Briefly, the present invention is a paint tray assembly comprising a multi-use paint tray having a trough located therein and at least one removable paint containers retained in a lateral fit within the trough of the paint tray with the removable paint container being separately removable from the trough of the paint tray to allow for individual emptying of paint compartments in the paint tray.