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US 7,476,043 B1Granted
Fingertip writing instrument
OwnerAngel Rivasinventor
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Abstract
A fingertip mountable writing instrument comprising a housing having an exterior wall and interior wall with a cavity therebetween forming an ink reservoir in fluid communication through an ink egress port with a ball point tip. The housing further has an elastomeric element positioned along the top rim for gripping a user's finger once inserted. Frictional elements on the exterior housing wall aid the user in turning pages without having to remove the fingertip pen.
Claims6
A fingertip mountable writing instrument comprising:
- a) a cup-like housing having an exterior wall and an interior wall adapted to mounted on a fingertip;
- b) an opening into said housing substantially sized to receive said fingertip;
- c) said interior and external walls being spaced and forming a reservoir therebetween storing ink;
- d) means for dispensing said ink from a closed end of said housing comprising an ink egress port in said closed end of said housing in liquid communication with said ink reservoir and a ball point tip that distributes said ink to an applied surface when in contact therewith;
- e) a circular band of elastomeric material lining said opening for securing said housing to said fingertip, and a plurality of circular frictional nub elements protruding from an exterior portion of said housing to enable a user to use said writing instrument to easily turn pages without having to remove said writing instrument.
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A fingertip writing instrument comprising:
- a) a housing having a substantially closed bottom with spaced apart interior and exterior sidewalls depending therefrom and an open top adapted to be mounted on a fingertip of a user;
- b) a reservoir defined by a cavity formed between said spaced apart interior and exterior sidewalls and storing ink therein;
- c) an ink egress port disposed on the closed bottom of said housing in liquid communication with said ink in said reservoir;
- d) a ball point tip in liquid communication with said ink egress port and projecting from the bottom of said housing for distributing said ink during use;
- e) an elastomeric band encircling a rim of said open top for securing said housing to said fingertip;
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- f) a plurality of circular frictional elements protruding from said housing to enable the user to use said writing instrument while mounted on said fingertip to easily grasp and handle paper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.