Abstract: A palette, such as for providing choices of a makeup includes a base enclosing a drawer. The drawer includes pans within pan compartments. The base has a drawer compartment from which the drawer can slide in and out. The pan is retained in the pan compartment by application of a force that presses on the bottom of the pan, and the top of the pan presses against a frame or lid. The pan is removable from the pan compartment when the drawer is slid out from the base to expose an opening in the pan compartment through which the pan is removed. When the drawer includes a fixed frame on top, the pan can slide out from the front of the drawer, and when the drawer includes lids on top, the pan can be removed from the top as well as the front of the drawer.

Abstract: A lateral applicator kit for a pipe has a first application unit and a second application unit that are configured to apply a primer material or other substance to the exterior and interior lateral surfaces of a pipe, respectively. The first application unit is configured to receive primer through a supply engagement feature, which is in fluid communication with a reservoir cavity internal to the first application unit and further in fluid communication with at least one perforated annular wall of an application receptacle configured to receive, and apply primer to, the exterior lateral surface of a pipe. The second application unit is similarly but inversely configured to apply primer to the interior lateral surface of a pipe by receiving primer into a supply receptacle, which is transferred through at least one spout set into and through an annular distributing container connected annularly around the supply receptacle.

Abstract: A method of forming a palette includes obtaining a foldable palette blank, the foldable palette blank including a working portion, the working portion defining a first working surface and a second working surface opposite from the first working surface, the working portion defining a working hand hole, the working portion defining a reservoir hole extending from the first working surface to the second working surface; and a support portion, the support portion defining a first support surface and a second support surface opposite from the first support surface, the support portion defining a support hand hole, the support portion configured to cover an end of the reservoir hole; positioning the working portion in facing contact with the support portion; aligning the working hand hole with the support hand hole; and covering the end of the reservoir hole with the support portion to form a reservoir.

Abstract: A paint palette system for holding and dispersing paint wherein a painter can pour paint into a low profile receptacle for later removal with a paintbrush or like tool is provided. A disposable and removable paint retaining fabric retains the paint in a drip-less and mess free fashion. The paint can be transported and stored in an improved manner allowing for a faster and more efficient painting effort.

Abstract: A foldable palette blank includes a working portion defining a first working surface and a second working surface opposite from the first working surface, the working portion defining a reservoir hole extending from the first working surface to the second working surface; a support portion defining a first support surface and a second support surface opposite from the first support surface; and a hinge disposed between the working portion and the support portion of the foldable palette blank, the hinge flexibly connecting the working portion to the support portion, the hinge foldable about a hinge axis; wherein the support portion is configured to cover an end of the reservoir hole when the foldable palette blank is folded about the hinge, and the working portion is positioned in facing contact with the support portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for creating spin art comprised of a base assembly, spinning platform and upper assembly. The base assembly includes a central housing, and the upper assembly includes a circular paint wall surrounding a paint container column. The paint container column is positioned in the center of the spinning platform and made up of individual paint container modules that are configured to be stacked vertically on top of one another. The invention also includes a gear drive assembly that is driven by either a manually activated plunger or an electric motor.

Abstract: A paint palette system for holding and dispersing paint wherein a painter can pour paint into a low profile receptacle for later removal with a paintbrush or like tool is provided. A disposable and removable paint retaining fabric retains the paint in a drip-less and mess free fashion. The paint can be transported and stored in an improved manner allowing for a faster and more efficient painting effort.

Abstract: An artist's paint tube storage and transport carrying case having multiple rows of tube supporting structures wherein the tube necks are gripped and held in a desired position by resilient gripping fingers which are slidably mounted on lateral beam structures whereby the gripping fingers can be laterally adjustably positioned along the beam structures for accommodating tubes of various dimensions.

Abstract: A cosmetic application tool and container system and method for use by both professional makeup artists and individuals and facilitates the preparation of preparing custom cosmetic colors and blends and then preserving samples of such custom blends, including a palette and a storage receptacle incorporating an alignment system for automatically aligning the components of the system in a compact storage arrangement.

Abstract: A digital coloring tools kit for creating a realistic painting experience for use with a touch-screen device is provided in embodiments of the invention. In some embodiments, the digital coloring tools kit includes a digital paintbrush tool, a digital stamper tool, a digital pattern roller, a digital airbrush tool, a digital paint palette, and a carrying case. In further embodiments, the invention includes an activation feature for a digital coloring tools application configured to generate a digital coloring environment upon activation and/or execution by a computing device, such as a touch-screen device. In some embodiments, the digital paint palette is configured to receive a first and second amount of a color for mixing, and subsequent painting with a digital paintbrush tool.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ink palette for use in artistic fields that require pigments to be readily available to an artist. Individual reservoirs are conjoined to form a matrix of reservoirs which may be cut to accommodate the artist's desire for color capacity. The ink palette is specifically adapted to the art of tattooing in that the palette may be secured to a work surface by the use of an ointment, like petroleum jelly, and each reservoir may have indentations on their bottoms in order to facilitate securement by the use of such compounds.

Abstract: This palette accessory and paint storage system keeps oil paint fresh and pliable for weeks at room temperature. A linear paint tray, upon which daubs of paint are placed, is stored inside an airtight tube. Felt wicks mounted inside the end caps hold clove oil, which prevents the oxidation of oil paints. For heavy bodied acrylics, the end caps are mounted with sponge material or silica gel that would be moistened to create a humid environment that prevents acrylics from drying and hardening. When the artist is ready to paint, the paint tray is removed from the storage tube and secured with clips or Velcro to a mixing palette, paint box, or easel. The painter dips into the paint daubs on the tray to mix the desired colors on their palette. When done painting, the paint tray, with the unused paint, is re-inserted into the tube for storage and transport.

Abstract: A paint palette with tray and accessory components having releasable bonding surfaces such as magnets and metallic layers, layers of sticky adhesive, static cling elements, or layers of other types of chemical or mechanical bonding surfaces. The palette components include paint pans, mix/wash pans, note stands, dividers, water container, and laminated value charts, all with bonding surfaces that adhere to and may be repositioned on the tray components. The paint pans and mix/wash pans are preferably stackable, of varying size and depth, some with slanted opening for ease of access to paint, and at least one rough exterior wall for labeling. A second embodiment uses multiple paint palettes in a modular system for use with mixed media. The palettes may be repositioned and held in place by magnets on the palette sides. The palettes are stackable and may be stored and transported in an adjustable carrying case.

Abstract: A container for holding an item having un-dried, oil-based paint thereon. A box has a removable lid with an outlet hole. The lid extends horizontally across and then upwardly on the container defining a first area to hold the item and a second area to hold a container of material when activated by a liquid to give off a gas heavier than oxygen. The oxygen is forced through the outlet hole limiting drying of paint on the item.

Abstract: A package (10) includes a one-piece molded plastic container having a base (14), an outer wall (16), and at least one dividing wall extending across the outer wall to divide the container into at least first and second chambers that are separated from each other by the dividing wall. The container has an open end remote from the base, and a molded plastic lid (12) is provided for receipt over the open end of the container in sealing engagement with the outer wall and the dividing wall. The lid is constructed to seal the chambers from each other and from ambient surrounding the package. In at least one of the chambers, the dividing wall preferably has ribs for engagement by a coating application roller.

Abstract: A drip containing one-piece container for use with a fast curing solvent welding liquid, wherein the container comprises a body, a top, a first and second wall end, and a bottom. The container further comprises a neck, a dauber cap, at least two extensions, and a wiper disposed between the extensions. The dauber cap further comprises a stem extending from the lid and a dauber applicator connected to the stem, wherein the dauber applicator and the stem are stored within the container. The dauber applicator retrieves a portion of the fast curing solvent welding liquid through an openings and the wiper removes portions of the fast curing solvent welding liquid allowing the fast curing solvent welding liquid to fall back into the body of the container and keep the removed portions of the fast curing solvent welding liquid from dripping externally to the container.

Abstract: A disposable single use ink cup holder and hand tray for stabilizing and organizing ink cups. A hand tray adjacent the ink cup holder allows a Tattoo Artist access to all the openings for the ink cups while resting his or her hand on the hand tray so any inks or body fluids on the hand stay on the single use ink cup holder and hand tray.

Abstract: Removable two piece drip containing lids for sealing one or more liquid holding container having a neck and a neck opening are provided. The removable two piece drip containing lid can include a wiper lid portion having a central opening and a cap portion. The wiper lid portion can include a wiper housing for engaging the outside of the neck; an extension secured to an inner portion of the wiper housing; a wiper connected to at least a portion of the extension. The cap portion can be connected to the wiper lid portion. The cap portion can include an applicator cap; a stem connected to the applicator cap and an applicator connected to the stem.

Abstract: An adhesive container for use with a liquid adhesive, wherein the container comprises a body, a bottom, a side wall and a top. The container can include a stem extending from the lid and a dauber applicator connected to the stem, wherein the dauber applicator and the stem are stored within the container. The dauber applicator retrieves a portion of the liquid adhesive through at least one opening and the wiper removes portions of the liquid adhesive allowing the liquid adhesive to fall back into the body of the container and keep the removed portions of the liquid adhesive from dripping externally to the container.

Abstract: A self-contained paint color system and method is described comprising a handled carrying box, at least one container of a base color paint, a plurality of containers containing colored tints, and a “matchbook” styled booklet that incorporates coordinated and matching sheets and self-adhesive stickers. When utilizing this paint color selection system and method, a designer can create and select numerous colors utilizing a single kit.

Abstract: An artist's paint box comprising: a substantially parallelepiped box having an interior chamber, combination hinged easel and cover, and storage compartment having a hinged cover; a removably replaceable palette matingly received within the chamber and having opposing cutouts substantially parallel to each other and another cutout transverse to the opposing cutouts, the opposing cutouts and the transverse cutout forming a substantially U shape, a recessed paint color mixing area substantially centrally disposed between and adjacent the opposing cutouts and adjacent the transverse cutout, and a recessed paintbrush and tool holding area adjacent the transverse cutout and opposing the recessed paint color mixing area; removably replaceable paint wells removably and matingly received within the opposing cutouts and the transverse cutout, each of the removably replaceable paint wells having exteriorly disposed opposing side ridges resting on opposing edges adjacent each of the opposing cutouts and other opposing e

Abstract: A tray with a handle that could hold all of your art supplies to paint on, nothing to put out and nothing to put away, and you can take it wherever you want to paint.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel paint storage, organizing and cataloguing system. The system comprises a tray that holds two or more containers of paint. The containers of paint comprise a form secured thereto for recording useful cataloguing information. In addition, disclosed herein is a method of promoting products or services, especially those related to home repair, building, remodeling and maintenance, that includes the provision of marketing information on the side of a tray especially designed for holding paint containers.

Abstract: A wetting vessel (6) designed to contain an element made of absorbent material (8) saturated in its lower part with wetting liquid and including elements (80) for decanting pigments if any contained in the wetting liquid. In accordance with one possible embodiment, the decantation elements are studs (80) whereon is set the absorbent material and the vessel (6) has a lid (7) defining an open wetting compartment for the absorbent wetting material (8) and a drying compartment including a drying absorbent material (9) set on a base forming a sieve. The paint can include a series of paint blocks (4) arranged so as to provide projecting each side by side a paint surface constituting a common dipping surface for a paint brush (4d) of the type having a foam dipping spatula.

Abstract: Artist pastels are stored and utilized as a pressed powder that is retained within a pan-like container or godet. The godet is a container having a bottom, at least one side and a top opening that defines a recess area to receive the pressed powder to be used as an artist pastel. In one embodiment, a non-thermally activated adhesive layer is positioned generally along at least a portion of an inner surface of the bottom of the container. In another embodiment, surface features are defined on the inner surface of at least the bottom of the container in order to create a generally lateral force component that the container applies to the pressed powder material to resist cracking of the pressed powder material in response to removal of a portion of the pressed powder material from the top opening. Preferably, the colorized pressed powder composition has a durometer of less than about 70 Shore A and has a pigment content of greater than 25%.

Abstract: An artist's paint box comprising: a substantially parallelepiped box having an interior chamber, combination hinged easel and cover, and storage compartment having a hinged cover; a removably replaceable palette matingly received within the chamber and having opposing cutouts substantially parallel to each other and another cutout transverse to the opposing cutouts, the opposing cutouts and the transverse cutout forming a substantially U shape, a recessed paint color mixing area substantially centrally disposed between and adjacent the opposing cutouts and adjacent the transverse cutout, and a recessed paintbrush and tool holding area adjacent the transverse cutout and opposing the recessed paint color mixing area; removably replaceable paint wells removably and matingly received within the opposing cutouts and the transverse cutout, each of the removably replaceable paint wells having exteriorly disposed opposing side ridges resting on opposing edges adjacent each of the opposing cutouts and other opposing e

Abstract: In broadest terms, a craft composition and a craft composition kit, the composition comprising: a first component in a first container and comprising a first solution of polyvinyl acetate and polyvinyl alcohol and a first colorant, a second component in a second container and comprising a second solution of a tetraborate composition in a second colorant, the first and second components being adapted to present an appearance of striated colors upon initial admixture, which appearance transforms to a uniform single color resulting from the uniform mixture of the first and second colorants. The invention also includes a method of preparing a craft composition.

Abstract: A paint activity tray has a first section with a workspace at least partly surrounded by a channel for holding excess water and a second section with recesses holding containers for water and watercolor paint blocks. A container with a handle holding paint brushes to drip dry is provided in one embodiment. The paint activity tray protects surrounding area from spills and drips since all of the components for making a watercolor painting are contiguous, and the containers for water and paint are securely held in recesses of the tray.

Abstract: A make up kit comprises a base material in which colorants may be mixed to achieve desired hues that may then be applied to a person. The kit may further comprise a mixing dish in which the make up may be mixed and an instructional aide that instructs users on how to mix the make up paints and apply the paints.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a paint box (1) with replaceable color pans (6), having at the bottom of the paint box (1) a holding rail (4) which engages in a downwardly open groove (17) formed on the underside of a protruding rim (15) of the color pans (6), said rail forming a swivel bearing with a swivel axis parallel to the box bottom (2). The groove (17) has a cross section widening in downward direction and the color pans (6) rest loosely on the holding rail (4). Furthermore, on the side of the holding rail (4) close to the color pans (6) provision is made for holding elements (7, 8) extending up from the box bottom (2) and enabling the individual color pans (6) to be securely fixed by frictional engagement with the box bottom (2). Provision is made for a respective push-button (16) on the protruding rim (15) of the color pans (6) on the side of the holding rail (4) remote from the color pans (6).

Abstract: The spill-proof coloring container is an invention that because of its unique geometry and design, will when oriented in any position prevent spillage of liquid contents when filled to predetermined amount. Because of the use of vacuum formed sheet in the construction of the container, the container pieces are compactly stackable and are of substantially low manufacturing cost. The container is principally intended for use by young children to facilitate painting pictures and dying objects such as Easter eggs without the mess otherwise associated with painting and dying. The invention is also intended to help avoid the mess associated with pouring paint or paint powder concentrates otherwise encountered when preparing a cup of paint for general purpose painting.

Abstract: The spill-proof coloring container is an invention that because of its unique geometry and design, will when oriented in any position prevent spillage of liquid contents when filled to predetermined amount. Because of the use of vacuum formed sheet in the construction of the container, the container pieces are compactly stackable and are of substantially low manufacturing cost. The container is principally intended for use by young children to facilitate painting pictures and dying objects such as Easter eggs without the mess otherwise associated with painting and dying.

Abstract: A painting kit for holding paints and water. The painting kit includes a vessel having a bottom wall. The bottom wall has a top surface. A peripheral wall extends upward from in the bottom wall. A plurality of containers for holding paint is fixedly mounted on the upper surface of the bottom wall. A plurality of lids for covering the containers have shape adapted to fit over the top openings of one of the containers. A bowl for containing water is placed in the vessel.

Abstract: A palette system for use in storing and holding substances such as paint or glue, and for maintaining these substances in a usably moist condition for extended periods of time, is provided. The palette system is provided with a sealable open-top box structure for containing a moisture-retaining structure (preferably a substantially-wood-fiber flat sponge) whose cell structure provides a “wick effect” thereby maintaining the paint or glue in a moist condition. A water-permeable paper sheet, placed atop the moisture-retaining structure, is provided for supporting a plurality of paint or glue dabs. Also provided is a lid for sealing the open-top box structure.

Abstract: A system for forming artistic ink impressions. A case stores ink stamping accessories and/or allows large surface area stamps to be used.