Stylized writing instrument
OwnerJoel B. Shamitoffinventor
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Abstract
A stylized writing instrument shaped like a proprietary or familiar object. In general, embodiments of the invention 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.
Claims21
A writing instrument, comprising:
- a housing having an outward appearance of a familiar or proprietary object, wherein said housing includes a first cover component and a second cover component, said second cover component mounted with, and free to rotate relative to, said first cover component, within a plane of movement;
- a writing element mounted at least substantially within said housing, said writing element having a writing tip capable of extending from said housing within said plane of movement;
- guide components including a cam and cam follower, that translate the relative rotation of the first and second cover, into lateral translation of the writing element within the plane of movement;
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- wherein said writing tip may be retracted within said housing to maintain the outward appearance of the familiar or proprietary object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.