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US 12,122,181 B2Granted
Retractable element for a writing implement
AssigneeSociete BIC
InventorsLaurent Mazingue, Samuel Malinverni
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Abstract
A writing implement has a writing tip extending from the barrel for writing and a rubbing element that surrounds the writing tip that is selectively extendable from a housing to erase or change color of the writing and retractable into the housing for storage.
Claims16
A writing implement comprising:
- a barrel;
- a writing tip assembly having a writing tip selectively extendable from the barrel for writing and retractable into the barrel to prevent writing;
- and
- a retractable rubbing element that surrounds the writing tip that is selectively extendable from a housing to erase or change color of the writing and retractable into the housing for storage,
- wherein the rubbing element is extended and retracted by a rubbing element assembly that is a first retraction mechanism,
- wherein the writing tip is extendable for writing and retractable for storage by a second retraction mechanism that is separate from the first retraction mechanism, and
- wherein the first retraction mechanism has a first user engageable portion that is separate from a second user engageable portion of the second retraction mechanism.
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