US 7,740,133 B2Granted

Marker caddy device including a laser pointer device

OwnerDaniel Lamasinventor

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Abstract

A caddy is disclosed for holding at least one marker therein. The caddy comprises a body that has at least one elongated channel therein. Each channel is adapted to receive one of the markers slidably therein. Each channel terminates at a distal end in a fitted cap portion for hermetically receiving a marking end of one of the markers. Preferably the body is comprised of a plastic top shell and a plastic bottom shell each fixed together at a seam along peripheral edges thereof. The body further includes side edges having an ergonomic grip and a substantially flat bottom side for fixing thereto a removable eraser pad. A battery-operated laser pointer device may be further included within the body. An actuator activates the laser pointer device to produce a laser beam that projects through a laser beam aperture of the body.

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Dependent claims

A caddy for holding at least one marker having a marking end, the caddy comprising:

a compartmented body having at least one elongated channel therein each adapted to receive one of the at least one marker slidably therein and each channel terminating at a distal end thereof in a fitted cap portion for hermetically receiving the marking end of the one marker, the body further including a substantially flat bottom side, the body further including a laser pointer device therewithin, and a laser beam aperture and a laser actuator therethrough, the laser actuator manually operable to actuate the laser pointer device to produce a laser beam, the laser beam aperture coincident with the laser beam;
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an eraser pad having on one side thereof a body attachment means for fixing the one side of the eraser pad to the bottom side of the body;
whereby a user may hold the caddy with one hand while interchangeably selecting from a received at least one marker;
for writing with the other hand on a whiteboard, the eraser pad being used when the user desires to erase a mark on the whiteboard.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.