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US 5,449,242 AGranted
Ear supported writing instrument holder
OwnerThomas Salamoneinventor
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Abstract
A writing instrument holder includes an ear clip receivable and supportable on an ear of a wearer, and a clamp attached to the ear clip for releasably clamping a writing instrument. The holder is specifically intended for holding carpenters' pencils.
Claims6
A writing instrument holder for supporting and in combination with a pencil having a substantially rectangular cross section having opposite flat faces comprising
- an ear clip receivable and supportable on an ear of a wearer;
- and
- clamp means for releasably clamping said pencil, said clamp means being attached to said ear clip;
- said clamp means comprising a pair of upwardly extending resilient, tong-like arms spaced apart and each arm having at the upper end thereof an inwardly directed tip facing each other and terminating so that the space between oppositely facing tips is less than the thickness of said pencil between opposite flat faces whereby when said pencil is placed in said clamp means said arms are forced apart so that said inwardly directing tips are in frictional engagement with said opposite flat faces of said pencil thereby holding said pencil in place.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.