Pen holder device

An improved pen holder device comprising at least one pen holder body with a longitudinal axis that is supported upon a generally horizontal support body for rotation between an operational position, which is slightly inclined from the vertical and a generally horizontal readiness position, whereby between the operational and readiness positions there exists an acute angle, the pen holder body comprising an upwardly open receptacle to accept axially an insertion of the lower end of a writing instrument, such as a tube writer, and transversely extending bearing shoulders that have a curved surface area portion and extend from opposite sides of the pen holder body, the support body further comprising a corresponding and opposed support surface means (10) to support each respective bearing shoulder and interact with each bearing shoulder (15) to allow low friction movement between the operational and the readiness positions substantially only as a result of a rotation of said curved surface area portion of a bearing shoulder (15) upon said support surface due to the position of the center of gravity of the pen holder body with respect to the support surface, wherein further, the center of gravity (21) of the pen holder body alone (3) is located vertically below the bearing shoulders (15) thereby tending to rotate the empty pen holder body towards the operational position, while the common center of gravity (20) of the pen holder body (3) with a writing instrument (4) inserted therein will be located vertically above the bearing shoulders (15) thereby tending to urge the pen holder and any inserted writing instrument towards the readiness position.