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`Application No. : 16/ l 45 , l 24
`Docket No.: 3509-1-001NCON (2750-2 CON)
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE SPECIFICATION
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`Please replace the abstract with the following rewritten abstract:
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`—— The invention provides an improved tool box useful for painters featuring a first receiving
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`space or compartment, a second receiving space or compartment, a handle or means for carrying
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`or transporting the tool box, and a means for receiving or holding in a substantially vertical
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`position a paint brush or paint roller or tool useful for a painter. The tool box may be formed of
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`any suitable material or combination or materials such as wood, fiber board, pressboard, rubber,
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`plastic, metal or cardboard. The tool box may be designed for extended life or it may be formed
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`of one or more materials adapted to be disposed of after one or a few or several uses. The tool
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`box may be of any suitable shape such as substantially rectangular, square, oblong, elliptical,
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` round, etc.
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