Finger-tip controlled writing utensil and associated method
OwnerJack A. Merla, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A writing utensil includes a body including a sleeve to receive a single finger tip of the user during writing conditions. A reservoir contains the ink and releases it via an orifice formed at a distal-most end of the body. A mechanism may be included for releasing the ink from a distal end of the body when an external force is applied against the sleeve and towards the distal end of the body. The mechanism may include a nozzle may additionally be conjoined directly to the orifice and contiguously abutted thereagainst so that the ink may be discharged away from the reservoir past the ball bearing while exiting the distal tip of the nozzle.
Claims17
A writing utensil controlled by a single finger tip for enabling a user to easily write with the single finger tip, said writing utensil comprising:
- a body comprising a sleeve formed therein and being adapted to receive the single finger tip during writing conditions;
- a predetermined quantity of ink housed within said body and maintained distal to said sleeve;
- and
- means for releasing said ink from a distal end of said body when an external force is applied against said sleeve and towards said distal end of said body;
- wherein said body is formed from flexible and non-porous material for prohibiting said ink from prematurely leaking through said body.
A writing utensil controlled by a single finger tip for enabling a user to easily write with the single finger tip, said writing utensil comprising:
- a single and unitary body comprising a sleeve formed therein and being adapted to receive the single finger tip during writing conditions;
- a predetermined quantity of ink housed within said body and maintained distal to said sleeve;
- and
- means for releasing said ink from a distal end of said body when an external force is applied against said sleeve and towards said distal end of said body;
- wherein said body is formed from flexible and non-porous material for prohibiting said ink from prematurely leaking through said body;
- wherein said sleeve has a closed distal end disposed proximal to said ink and said ink releasing means respectively.
A method for using a writing utensil that is controlled by a single finger tip of a user, said method comprising the chronological steps of:
- a. providing a single and unitary body comprising a sleeve formed therein, said body further having an orifice formed at a distal end of said body, said sleeve having a closed distal end disposed proximal to said ink and said orifice respectively;
- b. housing a predetermined quantity of ink within said body by injecting said ink upwardly through said orifice;
- c. maintaining said ink distal to said sleeve by attaching a nozzle to said orifice;
- d. inserting the single finger tip into said sleeve during writing conditions such that the single finger tip abuts against said closed distal end of said sleeve;
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- e. releasing said ink from said distal end of said body by applying an external force against said closed distal end of said sleeve and towards said distal end of said body and thereby urging said ink out from said nozzle;
- wherein said body is formed from flexible and non-porous material for prohibiting said ink from prematurely leaking through said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.