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US 11,813,887 B2Granted
Wicking nib device and system
AssigneeCrayola LLC
InventorsCraig Skinner, Scott Collins, Richard Kuiken, Anthony P. Monzo, Jake Towne, Keith Allison
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Abstract
The technology described herein relates to a system and device for saturating an absorbent wicking nib with colored ink supplied by an ink pad having a well configured to receive a portion of the sidewall of the nib. Different colors of ink can be transferred to different portions of the nib sidewall to result in a multicolor marker nib.
Claims8
A wicking kit for supplying color to the nib of a marker, the kit comprising:
- a first ink pad;
- and
- a second ink pad;
- wherein the first ink pad and second ink pad are configured to be removeably joined in abutting contact with one another along a mating edge on the first ink pad and a mating edge on the second ink pad;
- wherein the first ink pad includes a first well positioned along the mating edge of the first ink pad and the second ink pad includes a second well positioned along the mating edge of the second ink pad, such that when the first ink pad and the second ink pad are joined in contact with one another the first and second wells together define a positioning aperture;
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- wherein the positioning aperture is sized and shaped to receive a marker nib with a first portion of a sidewall of the marker nib in contact with the first ink pad and second portion of the sidewall of the marker nib in contact with the second ink pad.
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