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A paint roller grid includes a wiping surface surrounded by a frame member having a pair of spaced apart hooks connected to the upper edge of the frame member for releasably attaching the grid to a container rim. The hooks may be spaced laterally outwardly from opposite ends of the upper edge of the

A paint roller grid includes a wiping surface surrounded by a frame member having a pair of spaced apart hooks connected to the upper edge of the frame member for releasably attaching the grid to a container rim. The hooks may be spaced laterally outwardly from opposite ends of the upper edge of the frame member to provide spaces therebetween for receipt of portions of the upper rim and upper side wall of the container in the spaces. A plurality of spaced apart tabs may be provided along the side edges of the grids for connecting two or more such grids together along their respective side edges to form a paint roller grid assembly comprising two or more such grids.

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What is claimed is: 1. A plurality of paint roller grids, each of said grids comprising a wiping surface adapted to be supported in a container for wiping a roller cover against the wiping surface, a frame member surrounding said wiping surface, said frame member having upper and lower edges and op

What is claimed is: 1. A plurality of paint roller grids, each of said grids comprising a wiping surface adapted to be supported in a container for wiping a roller cover against the wiping surface, a frame member surrounding said wiping surface, said frame member having upper and lower edges and opposite side edges, and a plurality of spaced apart laterally outwardly protruding tabs along at least one of said side edges engageable with the laterally outwardly protruding tabs along an adjacent side edge of another such grid for connecting two such grids together along respective side edges to form a paint roller grid assembly comprising two such grids, said tabs having enlarged outer end portions that are adapted to overlap the enlarged outer end portions of the tabs of another such grid for connecting two such grids together along their respective side edges, the enlarged outer end portions of said tabs having laterally inwardly facing shoulders sized to engage the laterally inwardly facing shoulders of the respective tabs of another such grid for connecting two such grids together along their respective side edges. 2. The paint roller grids of claim 1 further comprising a pair of laterally spaced apart hooks connected to said upper edge of said frame member of each of said grids for releasably attaching said grids to an upper rim of the container. 3. The paint roller grids of claim 2 wherein each of said hooks has a rearwardly extending upper portion adapted to abut an upper surface of the container rim, a downwardly extending forwardly facing curved portion sized to extend around a downturned lip of the container rim, and a downwardly and forwardly sloping free end portion terminating in spaced relation from a back side of each of said grids to provide a gap therebetween having a width which is greater than the height of the downturned lip to allow the downturned lip to pass through the gap when the grids are angled upwardly relative to the container rim and which is less than the width of the downturned lip to prevent the hooks from being disengaged from the downturned lip when the grids are rotated downwardly about the container rim into the container. 4. The paint roller grids of claim 2 wherein said hooks are spaced laterally outwardly from opposite ends of said upper edge of said frame member to provide spaces therebetween for receipt of portions of the upper rim and upper side wall of the container in such spaces. 5. The paint roller grids of claim 4 wherein each of said hooks has a rearwardly extending upper portion adapted to abut an upper surface of the container rim, a downwardly extending forwardly facing curved portion sized to extend around a downturned lip of the container rim, and a downwardly and forwardly sloping free end portion sized to overlap a bottom edge of the downturned lip to resist lifting of the hooks off the container rim. 6. The paint roller grids of claim 2 wherein said hooks have outermost side edges that are in substantial vertical alignment with said opposite side edges of said frame member except at upper ends of said side edges which have notches therein for receiving portions of the container rim and upper side wall of the container. 7. The paint roller grids of claim 6 wherein portions of said side edges of said frame member immediately below said notches have a slight inward taper toward said notches. 8. A paint roller grid assembly comprising at least two paint roller grids, each of said grids having a wiping surface for wiping a paint roller cover against the wiping surface, a frame member surrounding said wiping surface, said frame member having upper and lower edges and opposite side edges, and a plurality of spaced apart tabs along respective side edges of said grids, said tabs along said respective side edges of said grids having enlarged outer end portions in overlapping engagement with each other for connecting said grids together along their respective side edges, the enlarged outer end portions of said tabs along said respective side edges of said grids having laterally inwardly facing shoulders in overlapping engagement with each other, and said respective side edges having recesses laterally inwardly of the enlarged outer end portions of the respective tabs in which the enlarged outer end portions of the corresponding tabs of the other grid are received. 9. The paint roller grid assembly of claim 8 wherein there are three said tabs along each of said side edges of said grids, the enlarged outer end portions of two of said tabs along one of said side edges extending forwardly from said two tabs and the enlarged outer end portion of the third tab along said one side edge extending rearwardly from said third tab, and the enlarged outer end portions of the corresponding two tabs along the other side edge extending rearwardly from said two tabs, and the enlarged outer end portion of the corresponding third tab along said other side edge extending forwardly from said third tab. 10. A paint roller grid comprising a wiping surface adapted to be supported in a container for wiping a paint roller cover against the wiping surface, a frame member surrounding said wiping surface, said frame member having upper and lower edges and opposite side edges, and a pair of laterally spaced apart hooks connected to said upper edge of said frame member for releasably connecting said grid to an upper rim of the container, said hooks being spaced laterally outwardly from opposite ends of said upper edge of said frame member to provide spaces therebetween for receipt of portions of the upper rim and upper side wall of the container in said spaces, said hooks having outermost side edges that are in substantial vertical alignment with said opposite side edges of said frame member except at upper ends of said side edges which have notches forming said spaces for receiving portions of the upper rim and upper side wall of the container. 11. The paint roller grid of claim 10 in combination with the container, wherein each of said hooks has a rearwardly extending upper portion adapted to abut an upper surface of the container rim, a downwardly extending forwardly facing curved portion sized to extend around a downturned lip of the container rim, and a downwardly and forwardly sloping free end portion terminating in spaced relation from a back side of said grid to provide a gap therebetween having a width which is greater than the height of the downturned lip to allow the downturned lip to pass through the gap when the grid is angled upwardly relative to the container rim and which is less than the width of the downturned lip to prevent the hooks from being disengaged from the downturned lip when the grid is rotated downwardly about the container rim into the container. 12. The paint roller grid of claim 10 wherein portions of said side edges of said frame member immediately below said notches have a slight inward taper toward said notches. 13. The paint roller grid of claim 10 wherein said hooks have rearwardly extending upper portions adapted to abut an upper surface of the container rim, downwardly extending forwardly facing curved portions sized to extend around a downturned lip of the container rim, and downwardly and forwardly sloping free end portions sized to overlap a bottom edge of the downturned lip to resist lifting of the hooks off the container rim. 14. A plurality of paint roller grids, each of said grids comprising a wiping surface adapted to be supported in a container for wiping a roller cover against the wiping surface, a frame member surrounding said wiping surface, said frame member having upper and lower edges and opposite side edges, and at least three spaced apart laterally outwardly protruding tabs along each of said side edges in lateral alignment with each other, said tabs having enlarged outer end portions that are adapted to overlap the enlarged outer end portions of the tabs of another such grid for connecting two such grids together along respective side edges to form a paint roller grid assembly comprising two such grids, the enlarged outer end portions of two of said tabs along one of said side edges extending forwardly from said two tabs and the enlarged outer end portion of the third tab along said one side edge extending rearwardly from said third tab, and the enlarged outer end portions of the corresponding two tabs along the other side edge extending rearwardly from said two tabs and the enlarged outer end portion of the corresponding third tab along said other side edge extending forwardly from said third tab, the enlarged outer end portions of said tabs along each of said side edges alternately extending forwardly and rearwardly from the respective tabs. 15. A plurality of paint roller grids, each of said grids comprising a wiping surface adapted to be supported in a container for wiping a roller cover against the wiping surface, a frame member surrounding said wiping surface, said frame member having upper and lower edges and opposite side edges, and a plurality of spaced apart laterally outwardly protruding tabs along at least one of said side edges engageable with the laterally outwardly protruding tabs along an adjacent side edge of another such grid for connecting two such grids together along respective side edges to form a paint roller grid assembly comprising two such grids, said tabs having enlarged outer end portions that are adapted to overlap the enlarged outer end portions of the tabs of another such grid for connecting two such grids together along their respective side edges, said one side edge having recesses laterally inwardly of the enlarged outer end portions of the respective tabs that are adapted to receive the enlarged outer end portions of the corresponding tabs of another such grid when two such grids are connected together along their respective side edges. 16. A plurality of paint roller grids, each of said grids comprising a wiping surface adapted to be supported in a container for wiping a roller cover against the wiping surface, a frame member surrounding said wiping surface, said frame member having upper and lower edges and opposite side edges, and a plurality of spaced apart laterally outwardly protruding tabs along at least one of said side edges engageable with the laterally outwardly protruding tabs along an adjacent side edge of another such grid for connecting two such grids together along respective side edges to form a paint roller grid assembly comprising two such grids, said tabs having enlarged outer end portions that are adapted to overlap the enlarged outer end portions of the tabs of another such grid for connecting two such grids together along their respective side edges, the enlarged outer end portions of said tabs having laterally outwardly facing cam surfaces to aid in sliding of the enlarged outer end portions of the respective tabs of two such grids into overlapping engagement with each other.