Stylized writing instrument
OwnerJoel B. Shamitoffinventor
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Abstract
A stylized writing instrument shaped like a proprietary and/or familiar object. Embodiments include a housing shaped like the proprietary and/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.
Claims50
A writing instrument having an outward appearance of a familiar and/or proprietary object comprising:
- a housing, said housing including a first cover component and a second cover component, said second cover component mounted concentrically with, and free to move relative to, said first cover component, within a plane of rotation;
- a writing element located within said housing, said writing element including a writing tip;
- guide components within said housing, said guide components operably coupled with said first cover component and said second cover component;
- and,
- wherein a rotation of said first cover component relative to said second cover component causes said guide components to move said writing element linearly, within said plane of rotation, and to extend and/or retract said writing tip from said housing.
A writing instrument that includes a cover having an outward appearance of a familiar or proprietary object comprising:
- a housing including a first cover component and a second cover component, said first cover component and said second cover component forming the cover of the writing instrument, said second cover component free to move within a plane of rotation relative to said first cover component;
- a writing element movably located within said housing, said writing element including a writing tip;
- and,
- wherein a rotation of said second cover component relative to said first cover component causes said writing tip to extend or retract linearly, and within said plane of rotation, from said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.