Instrument for highlighting

An improved highlighting device comprising a body having a reservoir for a quantity of ink, said body having a front face and a rear face with a pair of side surfaces extending from one face to the other face, said front face and rear face having respective top edges and bottom edges with a base extending from one bottom edge to the other, said base being connected to each of said side surfaces by an arcuate member extending from an end of said base to an end of said side surfaces, said body having an applicator tip extending from a top surface of said body said top surface extending between said top edges, said applicator tip being comprised of a single member, said applicator tip having a first side and a second side each of said sides being generally parallel to each other and a pair of side walls joining said sides, and wherein a first of said sides has a height from said top surface greater than the height from the top surface of the other side, said applicator tip having a single face for applying ink to a surface, said face extending from said first side to said other side, said face being generally rectangular and forming an acute angle with the first of said sides, and having a length extending from one side wall to the other sidewall and a width extending from the first side to the opposite side, and wherein the length of the face is about 4 to 6 mm long and the width of the face is at least 12 mm long.

An apparatus for highlighting more than a single line of text having a typeface of at least 10 points comprising:

• comprising a body having a reservoir for a quantity of ink, said body having a front face and a rear face with a pair of side surfaces extending from one face to the other face, said front face and rear face having respective top edges and bottom edges with a base extending from one bottom edge to the other, said base being connected to each of said side surfaces by an arcuate member extending from an end of said base to an end of said side surfaces, said body having an applicator tip extending from a top surface of said body said top surface extending between said top edges, said applicator tip being comprised of a single member, said applicator tip having a first side and a second side each of said sides being generally parallel to each other and a pair of side walls joining said sides, and wherein a first of said sides has a height from said top surface greater than the height from the top surface of the other side, said applicator tip having a single face for applying ink to a surface, said face extending from said first side to said other side, said face being generally rectangular and forming an acute angle with the of said sides, and having a length extending from one side wall to the other sidewall and a width extending from the first side to the opposite side, the ratio of the length of the face to the width the face being at least 1:72 and wherein the ratio of said side surfaces to either of said front and rear faces being at least the same ratio.