US 7,172,359 B2Granted

Marking implement

OwnerGerhard Möckinventor

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Abstract

A marking implement for marking activities such as marking of a drill hole or indicating a cutting/sawing edge, and includes a marking pen having a pen housing and an application reservoir held in a axially fixed manner therein and a protective cap with an elongate interior for partially accommodating the marking pen. The marking pen has a gripping region and, adjoining it, a thinner neck region, on which a nib is formed at the free end. The cap has an interior section for partially accommodating the gripping region and a narrower interior section for accommodating the neck region. Furthermore, a fastening clip is disposed on the outer surface of the cap. The clip is integrally formed on the protective cap with a fixed end in a region adjacent to the opening and, from there, tapers substantially to the end of the cap that faces away from the opening.

Claims31

Dependent claims

A marking implement, comprising:

a marking pen having:
a pen housing having:
a relatively wide gripping region;
and
a relatively thin neck region adjoining said gripping region, said neck region having a free end side and a nib on said free end side;
and
an application reservoir axially fixedly held in said pen housing;
a protective cap defining an elongate interior opening out at a cap opening for at least partially accommodating said marking pen therein;
said cap having:
an outer surface;
and
an end facing away from said cap opening;
said interior of said cap having:
a relatively wide interior section for at least partially accommodating said gripping region of said marking pen;
and
a relatively narrow interior section for accommodating said neck region of said marking pen;
and
a fastening clip:
being disposed on said outer surface of said cap;
being integrally formed on said cap;
having a fixed end connected to said cap in a region adjacent said cap opening;
a free end closer to said end of said cap facing away from said opening than said fixed end;
and
tapering from said fixed end towards said free end.

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