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US 2004/0001737 A1Published application
Pen with multiple writing elements
OwnerBetsy L. Gironinventor
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Abstract
A writing instrument has multiple writing inserts to enable a user to write with more than one color. The inserts are mounted into a body having a generally oblong cross-section with at least two tips extending from one end of the body. The body dimensions create a pair of flat, opposed gripping surfaces which enable the user to index the movement from one tip to the other using only one hand and no moving parts, while positioning the tips a far enough distance apart to ensure that only one tip at a time contacts the writing surface.
Claims8
A hand-held writing instrument having at least two writing tips, said instrument comprising:
- an elongated instrument body,
- said body having first and second ends,
- said body having a longitudinal, centered first axis extending between said first and second ends,
- said body having a generally oblong cross-sectional configuration defining a body periphery with a major axis and a minor axis, said major axis being longer than said minor axis;
- at least two writing inserts, each said insert having a writing tip and a supply of writing medium;
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- means for mounting said writing inserts in said body to extend at least two said writing tips from one said body end,
- said mounting means including first and second mounting channels shaped and dimensioned to receive said inserts,
- each said channel extending substantially parallel to said first axis, and
- each said channel spaced apart from the remaining said channel along said major axis to a position proximate said body periphery.
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