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A strainer device for use in straining a liquid such as paint from a container into an open receptacle. The strainer device comprises a side wall with a top end and a bottom end, an outwardly extending lip at its top end for engaging the top end of an open top container so as to support the strainer

A strainer device for use in straining a liquid such as paint from a container into an open receptacle. The strainer device comprises a side wall with a top end and a bottom end, an outwardly extending lip at its top end for engaging the top end of an open top container so as to support the strainer device in the open top of the container, and a screen mesh member fixed to a flange on the bottom end of said side wall. A selected portion of the side wall is indented from top to bottom so as to provide a channel along its length to permit introduction of an intake hose or other implement to a container in which the strainer device is suspended without having to first remove the strainer from the container.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A strainer device for use in straining and depositing paint or other liquid in an open container having a side wall and a top edge, said strainer device comprising:a one-piece thermoplastic body member characterized by an elongate tubular wall having top and bottom ends

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A strainer device for use in straining and depositing paint or other liquid in an open container having a side wall and a top edge, said strainer device comprising:a one-piece thermoplastic body member characterized by an elongate tubular wall having top and bottom ends, an inwardly-extending flange at said bottom end coextensive with the perimeter of said tubular wall, said flange defining a first opening, and an outwardly-extending lip at said top end of said tubular wall that is curved in a direction running from said top end toward said bottom end of said tubular wall, so as to define a first channel for receiving the open top edge of a container of circular cross-section into which the strainer device is inserted, so that said strainer device may be supported by said lip from the top edge of said container, said tubular wall having a cross-sectional configuration along its length that is generally circular except that one portion thereof is indented so as to form a second open channel extending from said top end to said bottom end of said tubular wall, whereby when said strainer device is mounted in a container having a side wall and a top edge so that said lip is engaged with said top edge of the container, said second channel provides a second opening between the strainer device and said side wall of said container for gaining access to the contents of the container without first having to remove the strainer device, said lip terminating at said indented portion so as provide an open accessway to said first channel in the region of said indented portion, anda porous strainer member made of a thermoplastic material extending across said first opening said strainer member being secured to said inwardly-extending flange.