Writing utensil with retract piece
AssigneeZebra Co., Ltd.
InventorEriko SOEJIMA
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Abstract
A writing utensil with a retract piece is provided, with this writing utensil being equipped with a retract piece that is provided on one end side of a shaft tube of a writing utensil body and that goes forward and assumes a projecting state by its own weight when oriented to face downward, and goes backward and assumes a retracting state by its own weight when oriented to face upward, wherein the writing utensil includes: an advancing and retreating member including the retract piece on a front end side thereof and supported to advance/retreat relative to the writing utensil body; and rolling element supported to rotate without advancing/retreating relative to the writing utensil body, and an outer circumferential face of the rolling element contacts a side face of the advancing and retreating member.
Claims8
A writing utensil with a retract piece, the writing utensil being equipped with a retract piece that is provided on one end side of a shaft tube of a writing utensil body and that moves forward and assumes a projecting state by its own weight when oriented to face downward, and moves backward and assumes a retracting state by its own weight when oriented to face upward, the writing utensil comprising:
- an advancing and retreating member including the retract piece on a front end side thereof and supported to advance/retreat relative to the writing utensil body;
- and
- a rolling element supported to rotate without advancing/retreating relative to the writing utensil body,
- wherein an outer circumferential face of the rolling element contacts a side face of the advancing and retreating member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.