Chalk box with end hook seating assembly
AssigneeApex Brands, Inc.
InventorsCecil Wilson, Eric Van Fossen
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Abstract
A chalk box may include a housing having an aperture, a reel assembly enclosed within the housing, a string having a first end operably coupled to an end hook and configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and having a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly, a chalk reservoir in which the string is retained or through which the string passes prior to extending out of the aperture, and a seating assembly configured to extend around at least fifty percent of the length or volume of the end hook when the string is fully withdrawn into the housing.
Claims20
A chalk box comprising:
- a housing having an aperture;
- a reel assembly enclosed within the housing;
- a string having a first end operably coupled to an end hook and a second end wound on the reel assembly to extend from the housing through the aperture;
- a chalk reservoir formed in a portion of the housing and in which the string is retained or through which the string passes prior to extending out of the aperture;
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- a seating assembly extending around at least fifty percent of a length or volume of the end hook when the string is fully withdrawn into the housing.
A chalk box comprising:
- a housing having an aperture;
- a reel assembly enclosed within the housing;
- a string having a first end operably coupled to an end hook and a second end wound on the reel assembly to extend from the housing through the aperture;
- a chalk reservoir formed in a first portion of the housing and in which the string is retained or through which the string passes prior to extending out of the aperture;
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- a seating assembly disposed at a second portion of the housing extending around at least a portion of a length or volume of the end hook when the string is fully withdrawn into the housing,
- wherein the seating assembly comprises a first case half and a second case half, and
- wherein the seating assembly is conformal with the first portion of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.