Writing instruments
AssigneeSociete BIC
InventorEtienne MICHENAUD
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Abstract
A multifunction writing instrument comprising a body extending along an axis and receiving at least two writing elements, each writing element comprising a writing tip and being movable between a protruded position in which the writing tip extends out of the body and a retracted position in which the writing tip is retracted within the body, and an actuating mechanism comprising a spinner configured to move one of the writing elements at a time, one after the other, from the retracted position to the protruded position, a ratchet receiving the spinner, and a single button configured to actuate the actuating mechanism.
Claims19
A multifunction writing instrument comprising a body extending along an axis and receiving at least two writing elements, each writing element comprising a writing tip and being movable between a protruded position in which the writing tip extends out of the body and a retracted position in which the writing tip is retracted within the body, and an actuating mechanism comprising a spinner configured to move one of the writing elements at a time one after the other from the retracted position to the protruded position, a ratchet receiving the spinner, and a single button configured to actuate the actuating mechanism.
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