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A paint roller cover for protecting a wet paint roller element from drying out when not in use includes upper and lower half sections joined along a common edge by a hinge and each formed with a corresponding depression that, when the halves are closed upon one another, defines an enclosed elongate

A paint roller cover for protecting a wet paint roller element from drying out when not in use includes upper and lower half sections joined along a common edge by a hinge and each formed with a corresponding depression that, when the halves are closed upon one another, defines an enclosed elongate chamber between the halves of such size and shape to accommodate a roller element. At one end of the chamber, the mating walls of the half sections are formed with opposed semicircular recesses that, when the half sections are brought together, align to form an opening of such size and position to accept the rod of the roller handle. The cover is further provided with a means of locking the half sections securely but releasably in the closed position once installed about the roller. The half sections may be conveniently molded as one piece from plastics materials, joined across a living hinge and carrying interlocking formations that engage when the halves are brought together to lock the cover closed.

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[ I claim:] [18.] A method of protecting a wet roller element of a paint roller tool from drying out when not in use and while mounted on a rotatable roller support of the tool journaled by a transversely bent rod of a handle of the tool extending from one end of the roller element, said method comp

[ I claim:] [18.] A method of protecting a wet roller element of a paint roller tool from drying out when not in use and while mounted on a rotatable roller support of the tool journaled by a transversely bent rod of a handle of the tool extending from one end of the roller element, said method comprising the steps of:providing a paint roller cover having an upper half section with a depression formed therein, a lower half section with a corresponding depression formed therein, a hinge joining the half sections along a common edge enabling the half sections to be positioned between an open position for receiving the roller element into the cover while still mounted on the roller support, and a closed position in which the half sections are brought together about the roller element to define an enclosed chamber by the depressions of such size and shape to accommodate the roller element within said cover, closure portions operative to secure the cover releasably in the closed position, and a pair of opposed recesses formed between the half sections at one end thereof that, when the cover is closed, define a side opening in the cover of such size and position to close about the accept the rod of the roller tool;initially placing the cover in the open position;positioning the roller element in the depression of one of the half sections and aligning the rod of the paint roller tool with the recess of the one half section; andbringing the half sections together about the roller element and rod and locking the cover closed such that the roller element is accommodated within the chamber of the cover and the rod is accommodated within the side opening of the cover.