Abstract: A cleaning assembly for cleaning the bristles of a paint brush, comprising in combination a container having a top mouth and a bottom flooring, a paint solvent into the container, a paint brush having a handle and bristles the latter bathing into the solvent, a cover having a bottom mouth, the mouths of the cover and container being releasable sealingly interconnected and the paint brush being frictionally interconnected to the cover and/or the container at the level of narrowed sections thereof. The bristles then hang spacedly over the container flooring. The securing of the paint brush to the cover/container assembly is characterized in that it prevents relative movement of said paint brush.

Abstract: A coupler for releasably connecting an evacuation hose to the exhaust or tail pipe of a motor vehicle to prevent accidental removal of the hose. The coupler comprises a cylindrical rubber body having one end sealingly releasably screwed to the hose and a flexible annular wall partially closing its other end. Radial slits are made through the annular wall which thus defines flexible, resilient triangular flaps. These flaps are provided with radial spacer ribs at their interior and exterior faces. When the body is slipped onto the tail pipe, the flaps are bent inwardly and their exterior ribs frictionally engage the tail pipe. If the body is subsequently pulled to a limited extent the flaps may reverse their bent position but still frictionally engage the pipe by their interior ribs.