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US 10,380,908 B2Granted
Writing aid
AssigneeMedical Makers Inc.
InventorsJulielynn Yee-Ching Wong, Jody Mou
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Abstract
A writing aid which may be used to promote better form for the hand for the user. It may be used to teach young persons or individuals with disabilities who are first learning to write, and may also be used to provide comfort and better ergonomics to individuals who must write frequently. The writing aid is designed to be compatible with different writing apparatuses with carrying thicknesses, ranging from relatively thin pencil crayons to relatively thick markers.
Claims16
A writing aid comprising:
- a body having a first opening extending through a bottom surface and a front surface of the body, with the first opening's widest width being on the bottom surface, decreasing in width as it travels towards the front surface and ending with its narrowest width on the front surface, and a second opening extending through a back surface and a top surface of the body, with the second opening's widest width being on the top surface, decreasing in width as it travels towards the back surface and ending with its narrowest width on the back surface, and the first opening and the second opening together define a cavity that extends between the top surface and the bottom surface, and the cavity is configured to receive an elongate writing tool.
A method of using a writing aid, comprising:
- providing a writing aid, which comprises a body having a first opening extending through a bottom surface and a front surface of the body, with the first opening's widest width being on the bottom surface, decreasing in width as it travels towards the front surface and ending with its narrowest width on the front surface, and a second opening extending through a back surface and a top surface of the body, with the second opening's widest width being on the top surface, decreasing in width as it travels towards the back surface and ending with its narrowest width on the back surface, and the first opening and the second opening together define a cavity that extends between the top surface and the bottom surface, and the cavity is configured to receive an elongate writing tool, inserting the elongate writing tool into the cavity, and
- rotating the elongate writing tool relative to the writing aid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.