Marker with eraser
AssigneeBinney & Smith Inc.
InventorsDouglas A. Brand, Vito Niosi, Robert S. Volk
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Abstract
The marker may include a body, a cap, an end plug and an eraser. In one of the embodiments, the eraser is molded onto the end plug. The end plug may include an attachment portion and the eraser may have an attachment portion. The attachment portion on the end plug corresponds to the attachment portion on the eraser. The attachment portions may have different shapes and/or cross sections. In other embodiments the eraser may be attached to the end of the marker, to the barrel, or to the cap.
Claims26
A marker assembly comprising a marker and an eraser, the marker includes a nib and a reservoir, the nib is in fluid communication with the reservoir, the nib is porous, the nib is located at one end of the marker, the marker is capable of making marks on paper by contacting the paper with the nib, the eraser is capable of removing the marks from the paper by moving the eraser across the marks on the paper, the eraser is molded onto the other end of the marker, such that the eraser and the other end of the marker are bonded together.
A method of producing a marker assembly comprising:
- molding a component of a marker, the component has a first end and a second end;
- molding an eraser onto the first end of the component such that the eraser and the first end of the component are bonded together, the eraser is capable of removing erasable ink marks from paper.
A marker assembly comprising a marker and an eraser, the marker includes a nib and a reservoir, the nib is in fluid communication with the reservoir, the nib is porous, the nib is located at one end of the marker, the marker is capable of making marks on paper by contacting the paper with the nib, the eraser is capable of removing the marks from the paper by moving the eraser across the marks on the paper, the marker includes a cap, the eraser is molded onto the cap such that the eraser and the cap are bonded together.
A method of producing a marker assembly comprising:
- molding an eraser, the eraser capable of removing erasable ink marks from paper, molding a component of a marker, the component has a first end and a second end, the first end is molded onto the eraser such that the first end and the eraser are bonded together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.