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US 2003/0200990 A1Published application
Forward-positionable eraser for a writing implement and method
OwnerDaniel Kamrath Weissinventor
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Abstract
A writing implement having a forward-positioned eraser, and method. The eraser circumscribes the shaft of the writing implement, and may have an annular or doughnut shape. The eraser may be affixed to the shaft portion, for example where used with a fixed-length writing implement such as a mechanical pencil or erasable pen. The eraser may, alternatively, be slidable along the shaft portion, which would make the eraser useable with a sharpenable pencil, the length of which will be changed as a result of sharpening.
Claims20
A writing implement having a forward-positioned eraser comprising, in combination:
- a writing implement having a shaft portion and a writing point and being dimensioned to be grasped by a user hand along said shaft portion during use of said writing implement for a writing task;
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- an eraser positioned along said shaft portion between said writing point and a position of said user hand during said writing task;
- wherein said eraser circumscribes said shaft portion.
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A method for erasing comprising the steps of:
- providing a writing implement having a shaft portion and a writing point and being dimensioned to be grasped by a user hand along said shaft portion during use of said writing implement for a writing task;
- providing an eraser positioned along said shaft portion between said writing point and a position of said user hand during said writing task;
- wherein said eraser circumscribes said shaft portion;
- said user hand grasping said writing implement along said shaft portion;
- tilting said writing implement so that said writing point is not in contact with a writing surface and so that an outer surface of said eraser is in contact with said writing surface;
- performing an erasing movement on said writing surface by repetitively rubbing said outer surface of said eraser across said writing surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.