Stylized writing instrument
OwnerJoel B. Shamitoffinventor
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Abstract
A stylized writing instrument shaped like a proprietary or familiar object. Embodiments include a housing shaped like the proprietary or familiar object, a writing implement, and internal mechanisms provided within the housing for extending the writing implement from, and retracting the writing implement into, the housing. The internal mechanisms may comprise a wide variety of actuation systems for extending and retracting the writing implement, including a cam actuation assembly, an edge slide actuation assembly, a gravity actuation assembly, a pressure actuation assembly and a push button actuation assembly.
Claims46
A writing instrument, comprising:
- a housing having an outward appearance, including
- a first cover having a first inner surface and a first outer surface, said first outer surface having an appearance of a familiar and/or proprietary object, and
- a second cover rotationally engaged with said first cover, said second cover having a second inner surface and a second outer surface, said second outer surface having an appearance of a familiar and/or proprietary object,
- wherein said first cover is capable of rotating with respect to said second cover such that a point on said first cover rotates in a first plane with respect to said second cover upon said rotation;
- a writing implement having a writing tip;
- and,
- an actuation assembly engaged with said first inner surface and said second inner surface, said writing implement affixed to said actuation assembly, said actuation assembly moving between a first position, where said actuation assembly positions said writing tip in a retracted position within the housing, and a second position, where said actuation assembly positions said writing tip in an extended position outside of said housing;
- wherein relative rotation of said first and second covers moves said actuation assembly between said first and second positions, a point on said actuation assembly moving in a second plane generally parallel to said first plane as said actuation assembly moves between said first and second positions;
- and,
- wherein a point on said writing tip moves in a third plane parallel to said first and second planes when said writing tip moves between said extended and retracted positions.
A writing instrument, comprising:
- a housing, said housing having an outward appearance of a familiar and or proprietary object and including
- a first cover having a first inner surface and a first outer surface, and
- a second cover rotationally engaged with said first cover, said second cover having a second inner surface and a second outer surface,
- wherein said first cover is capable of rotating with respect to said second cover such that a point on said first cover rotates in a first plane with respect to said second cover upon said rotation;
- a writing implement having a writing tip;
- an actuation assembly engaged with said first inner surface and said second inner surface, said writing implement affixed to said actuation assembly, said actuation assembly moving between a first position, where said writing tip is in a retracted position within the housing, and a second position, where said writing tip is in an extended position outside of said housing;
- and,
- wherein rotation of said first and second covers relative to one another moves said actuation assembly between said first and second positions, and moves a point on said actuation assembly in a second plane generally parallel to said first plane, and moves a point on said writing tip in a third plane parallel to said first and second planes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.