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US 11,565,543 B2Granted
Adaptive writing utensil
AssigneeTwo Sparrows Learning Systems, Inc.
InventorsNancy M. Morris, Davide Piovesan
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Abstract
A writing utensil adapted for promoting the development of a tripod writing grip includes an elongate body having a substantially polygonal cross section, and having three faces extending between a proximal end and a distal end thereof, and a boss member extending from an intermediate portion of the elongate body, the boss member being adapted for impeding a user's fingers from sliding along a longitudinal axis of the elongate body.
Claims20
A method for forming a plurality of writing utensils, the method comprising:
- providing a mold comprising a plurality of elongate channels, each channel defining at least two cavities extending along a longitudinal axis thereof, wherein each of the at least two cavities corresponds to a shape of a writing utensil of the plurality of writing utensils, and wherein a first cavity of the at least two cavities is separated from a second cavity of the at least two cavities by at least one groove extending along a transverse axis of the plurality of elongate channels;
- supplying a material for forming at least one of the plurality of writing utensils to at least one of the at least two cavities;
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- inserting at least one removable spacer into the at least one grove, such that the at least one removable spacer separates the first cavity from the second cavity,
- wherein the at least one removable spacer is inserted before the material is supplied to the at least one of the at least two cavities or after the material is supplied to the at least one of the at least two cavities.
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