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US 2007/0163467 A1Published application
Multi-colored crayons with associated packaging
AssigneeClassy Kid, Inc.
InventorAdmir Mesalic
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Abstract
A crayon with a plurality of longitudinally extending color zones. The crayon has generally planar exterior side surfaces on the tip and shank forming vertices therebetween. A color zone bridges a vertex providing the same color of marking material on opposite sides of a respective vertex.
Claims16
A marking instrument of non-liquid marker material, said instrument including
- a shank with a plurality of generally planar longitudinal outer surfaces positioned relative to one another to form a generally uniform longitudinally extending transverse cross-sectional shape having at least three vertices along the length of the shank;
- a tip extending from one end of the shank, said tip having a distal end and a proximal end, said tip tapering inwardly from the proximal end to the distal end, at least a portion of the tip having a generally uniform transverse cross-sectional shape;
- the tip and shank being integral and including material for applying a mark to a substrate;
- wherein the tip and shank having a plurality of longitudinally extending color zones with each zone having a different color with the number of zones being equal to the number of vertices of the transverse cross-sectional shape, each color zone extending from the distal end of the tip to a distal end of the shank;
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- wherein at least two of the at least three colors are exposed on each shank outer surface such that each cross-sectional vertex is contained within a respective color zone.
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A container of marking instruments comprising:
- a plurality of marking instruments each including:
- a shank with three generally planar longitudinal outer surfaces positioned relative to one another to form a generally uniform longitudinally extending generally triangular transverse cross-sectional shape having three vertices along the length of the shank;
- a tip extending from one end of the shank, said tip having a distal end and a proximal end, said tip tapering inwardly from the proximal end to the distal end, at least a portion of the tip having a generally uniform transverse cross-sectional shape;
- the tip and shank being integral and including material for applying a mark to a substrate;
- wherein the tip and shank having at least one longitudinally extending color zone;
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- a container with opposite ends and having a plurality of side panels and a closure member at at least one said end, said container having a storage compartment with a plurality of marking instruments therein, the packing density of the marking instruments in the compartment being about 1.0 in the area of the shanks.
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A container of marking instruments comprising:
- a plurality of marking instruments each including:
- a shank with four generally planar longitudinal outer surfaces positioned relative to one another to form a generally uniform longitudinally extending generally rectangular transverse cross-sectional shape having four vertices along the length of the shank;
- a tip extending from one end of the shank, said tip having a distal end and a proximal end, said tip tapering inwardly from the proximal end to the distal end, at least a portion of the tip having a generally uniform transverse cross-sectional shape;
- the tip and shank being integral and including material for applying a mark to a substrate;
- wherein the tip and shank having at least one longitudinally extending color zone;
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- a container with opposite ends and having four side panels and a closure member at at least one said end, said container having a rectangular transverse cross sectional storage compartment with a plurality of marking instruments therein, the packing density of the marking instruments in the compartment being 1.0 in the area of the shanks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.