An artists' brush storage and protection device includes a storage unit having a plurality of storage compartments, each of the storage compartments including a cover with a paint well below the cover, the paint well defined in part by upstanding walls, an exterior one of the upstanding walls defining a recess with a resilient sealing member disposed therein. Each of the covers may be opened permitting access to the paint well or closed against the upstanding walls of the paint well and the sealing member. The storage unit may further include drawer slides and a palette slidable on the drawer slides relative to the storage unit to reveal or conceal the palette. When bristles of a paint brush are placed in the paint well, its handle rests upon the resilient sealing member which compresses around the handle when the cover is closed to provide a substantially air-tight seal.

An artists' brush storage and protection device includes a storage unit having a plurality of storage compartments, each of the storage compartments including a cover with a paint well below the cover, the paint well defined in part by upstanding walls, an exterior one of the upstanding walls defining a recess with a resilient sealing member disposed therein. Each of the covers may be opened permitting access to the paint well or closed against the upstanding walls of the paint well and the sealing member. The storage unit may further include drawer slides and a palette slidable on the drawer slides relative to the storage unit to reveal or conceal the palette. When bristles of a paint brush are placed in the paint well, its handle rests upon the resilient sealing member which compresses around the handle when the cover is closed to provide a substantially air-tight seal.

In various embodiments, the device may be used to clean any brush. The brush bristles carry bacteria, food particles, dust, germs, and other similar residue in tightly packed spaces near where the bristles connect with the head of the brush. In multiple embodiments, the device is a container that is filled with cleaning solution (e.g., mouthwash, cleaning solution, alcohol, etc.), a lid that substantially closes the top opening of the container, and an agitator pad that has a plurality of individual prongs. In various embodiments, the lid mirrors the container shape so that the lid and the container can be operatively connected. In various embodiments, the lid has a cover, so that when the device is not being use, the cover may be put in a closed position so that the cover closes the opening in the lid.

In various embodiments, the device may be used to clean any brush. The brush bristles carry bacteria, food particles, dust, germs, and other similar residue in tightly packed spaces near where the bristles connect with the head of the brush. In multiple embodiments, the device is a container that is filled with cleaning solution (e.g., mouthwash, cleaning solution, alcohol, etc.), a lid that substantially closes the top opening of the container, and an agitator pad that has a plurality of individual prongs. In various embodiments, the lid mirrors the container shape so that the lid and the container can be operatively connected. In various embodiments, the lid has a cover, so that when the device is not being use, the cover may be put in a closed position so that the cover closes the opening in the lid.

A make-up brush system includes a mandrel having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a gripping surface for engagement with a hand of a make-up artist and the second end being shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement with a plurality of make-up brushes. A plurality of make-up brushes is provided. Each of the plurality of make-up brushes includes a first end and a second end, the first end including a functional component of the make-up brush and the second end including a coupling member shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement with the second end of the mandrel. The system also includes a case both supporting and sanitizing the various components of the present invention. The case includes a tray supporting the plurality of make-up brushes in accessible positions within the case.

A cleaning apparatus for paintbrushes comprises a rotatable nozzle assembly has a plurality of nozzles as well as several paintbrush holders. In the paintbrush holders, paintbrushes can be held such that the nozzles are moved through their tuft during operation. A good cleaning effect can be achieved in this manner.

An apparatus to secure a marking implement to a user's digit, includes a mounting body with a first arcuate channel extending along a longitudinal length of the mounting body. The first arcuate channel is dimensioned to receive the digit of the user. A second arcuate channel extends along the longitudinal length of the mounting body and is dimensioned to receive a shaft of the marking implement. A free end first strap is threadingly received through the mounting body to form a finger loop to secure the user's digit within the first arcuate channel. A free end of a second strap is threadingly received through the mounting body to form an implement loop to secure the marking implement in the second arcuate channel.

An apparatus to secure a marking implement to a user's digit, includes a mounting body with a first arcuate channel extending along a longitudinal length of the mounting body. The first arcuate channel is dimensioned to receive the digit of the user. A second arcuate channel extends along the longitudinal length of the mounting body and is dimensioned to receive a shaft of the marking implement. A free end first strap is threadingly received through the mounting body to form a finger loop to secure the user's digit within the first arcuate channel. A free end of a second strap is threadingly received through the mounting body to form an implement loop to secure the marking implement in the second arcuate channel.

A configurable holding set that includes a handle element having a common end that extends into an elongated linear section having a receiving end. That common end further extends into a curvilinear section that forms a handle. Also included are a first linear element having two ends that form a friction fit with the receiving end, a second linear element that is longer than the first linear element, a third linear element that is longer than the third, at least a first elbow having ends that form friction fits with the ends of the first, second, and third.

The invention is directed to a paint pen having a squeezable paint reservoir, a flexible and resilient tube connected at one end to the reservoir and at the other end to a tip comprising an absorbent and permeable material (relative to the paint in the reservoir). The pen operates by squeezing the tube to provide paint through the tube to the tip at which point it can be applied to a surface. The flexibility and resilience of the tube enables uniform application of the paint to rough surfaces.