Abstract: A telescoping extension pole assembly includes an outer tube, an inner tube slidably received in the outer tube, and a locking mechanism having a slide button which is slidable parallel to the longitudinal axes of the inner and outer tubes. The locking mechanism further includes a resilient device which biases the slide button to a released position and a locking pin to a locked position for retaining the tubes in their adjusted position.

Abstract: A paint roller frame includes a handle, a shaft extending from the handle and bent perpendicular to the handle, and a roller cage assembly mounted on the shaft. The roller cage assembly includes cross wires attached to wire rings at either end and end caps fitted onto the wire rings. Each end cap includes an annular space between a hub and skirt for receiving the wire rings. The width of the annular space is such that when a cross wire breaks off from a wire ring, the cross wire is maintained in position in the annular space between the hub and skirt.

Abstract: End support members mountable at each end of a paint-applying cover sleeve and adapted to receive the axle of a roller handle. Each support comprises a central hub which defines a chamber greater in diameter being the axle of a handle member. A radially expansible split tube is positioned in the chamber. The interior diameter of the split tube prior to expansion is smaller than the diameter of an axle and the outer diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of said chamber. When the axle is inserted into the split tube the latter expands radially outwardly and exerts radially inward pressure on the axle to frictionally retain the axle in its longitudinally adjusted position.