Chalk box with end hook seating assembly
AssigneeApex Brands, Inc.
InventorsCecil Wilson, Eric Van Fossen
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Abstract
A chalk box including a housing (110) having an aperture (140), a reel assembly (120) enclosed within the housing, a string (140) having a first end operably coupled to an end hook (170) and configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and having a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly, a chalk reservoir (160) in which the string is retained or through which the string passes prior to extending out of the aperture, and a seating assembly (180) configured to extend around at least fifty percent of the length or volume of the end hook when the string is fully withdrawn into the housing.
Claims18
A chalk box comprising:
- a housing having an aperture;
- a reel assembly enclosed within the housing;
- a string having a first end operably coupled to an end hook and configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and having a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly;
- a chalk reservoir in which the string is retained or through which the string passes prior to extending out of the aperture;
- and
- a seating assembly configured to extend around at least fifty percent of a length or volume of the end hook when the string is fully withdrawn into the housing,
- wherein the seating assembly comprises a substrate and an overmold portion, the overmold portion including two opposing sides separated by a recessed area at which the substrate is exposed.
A seating assembly for a chalk box, the seating assembly comprising:
- a body portion operably coupled to a housing of the chalk box;
- and
- a reception cavity formed in the body portion and extending radially outwardly with respect to an axis about which a reel assembly of the chalk box rotates,
- wherein the reception cavity is bounded by four sidewalls, and
- wherein at least fifty percent of a length or volume of the end hook is disposed within the reception cavity when the string is fully withdrawn into the housing,
- wherein the body portion of the seating assembly comprises a substrate and an overmold portion, the overmold portion including two opposing sides separated by a recessed area at which the substrate is exposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.