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US 2022/0176729 A1Published application
Marker opener
AssigneeCrayola LLC
InventorsRichard B. Kuiken, Craig Skinner
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a marker opening device comprising at least one plug remover, at least one nib remover, and/or at least one cartridge remover. Also provided herein is a method of disassembling a marker using the marker opening device, the disassembly of the marker allowing for separation of the recyclable and non-recyclable components thereof.
Claims20
A marker opening device comprising:
- a body having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an interior surface, the body including at least one plug remover comprising:
- a plug remover opening defined by the interior surface, the plug remover opening sized to receive a plug of a marker;
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- at least one well at an edge of the plug remover opening defining a well surface;
- wherein the plug remover is configured to receive the plug of the marker in the plug remover opening, such that when the marker is angled in the plug remover opening relative to the body of the marker opening device, a portion of an outer surface of the plug is in abutting engagement with at least a portion of the well surface.
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A marker opening device comprising:
- a body having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an interior surface, the body comprising at least one plug remover and at least one nib remover;
- wherein the at least one plug remover comprises:
- a plug remover opening defined by the interior surface, the plug remover opening sized to receive a plug of a marker,
- wherein the plug remover is configured to receive the plug of the marker in the plug remover opening such that when the marker is angled in the plug remover opening relative to the body of the marker opening device, a portion of the plug is in abutting engagement with the interior surface;
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- wherein the at least one nib remover comprises:
- a nib remover opening defined by the interior surface, the nib remover opening sized to receive a nib of the marker;
- wherein at least one of an upper edge of the nib remover opening and a lower edge of the nib remover opening is angled so that a width of the nib remover opening decreases across a length of the nib remover opening to define a narrow opening having a width that is less than a diameter of the nib of the marker.
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A marker opening kit comprising:
- at least one plug remover comprising:
- an upper surface, a lower surface, and an interior surface;
- a plug remover opening defined by the interior surface, the opening sized to receive a plug of a marker;
- wherein the plug remover is configured to receive the plug of the marker, and when the plug is angled in the plug remover opening relative to a longitudinal axis of the plug remover, a portion of the plug is in abutting engagement with the interior surface of the plug remover;
- at least one nib remover comprising:
- an upper surface, a lower surface, and an interior surface;
- a nib remover opening defined by the interior surface, the nib remover opening sized to receive a nib of the marker;
- wherein at least one of the upper edge of the nib remover opening and a lower edge of the nib remover opening is angled so that a width of the nib remover opening decreases across a length of the nib remover opening to define a narrow opening having a width less than the diameter of a nib of the marker.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.