Marker maker
AssigneeCrayola LLC
InventorsRobert J. Henry, David A. Cziraky, Joseph Moll, James Allen
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Abstract
A marker-making kit for assembling a marking device having a user-determined mixture of marking solution is provided. The kit includes a base unit coupled to a marker positioning mechanism and a press mechanism. A mixing tube holder secures a mixing tube used for collecting a desired amount of one or more marker fluids. A mixed marker solution is combined, including any number of different colors of marker fluid, and used to saturate a marker reservoir. The saturated reservoir may then be transferred to a maker barrel positioned near the press mechanism. By applying an amount of force with a marker compression arm, a completed marker is secured, enclosing the marker reservoir inside a marker barrel.
Claims18
A marker-making kit for assembling a customized marking device comprising:
- a base unit;
- one or more mixing tubes;
- one or more marker barrels;
- one or more marker nibs;
- one or more marker reservoirs;
- one or more end plugs;
- a press mechanism coupled to the base unit, the press mechanism adapted to assemble a marker comprising one of the one or more marker barrels, one of the one or more marker nibs, one of the one or more marker reservoirs, and one of the one or more end plugs, wherein the press mechanism is configured to be moved by a user from a first position to a second position relative to the marker being assembled;
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- a color-mixing tray removably coupled to the base unit, the color-mixing tray having one or more mixing tube holders.
A marker-making kit comprising:
- one or more mixing tubes;
- one or more marker barrels;
- one or more marker nibs;
- one or more marker reservoirs;
- one or more end plugs;
- a base unit comprising a plurality of storage compartments adapted to store at least one of the one or more mixing tubes, the one or more marker barrels, the one or more marker nibs, the one or more marker reservoirs, and the one or more end plugs, and further comprising a marker fluid color-mixing tray having mixing tube holders on a surface of the mixing tray;
- an articulating arm coupled to the base unit, the articulating arm adapted to rotatably maneuver a position of at least one of the one or more marker reservoirs relative to at least one of the one or more mixing tubes;
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- a press mechanism coupled to the base unit configured to be moved by a user from a first position to a second position relative to a marker being assembled, the press mechanism adapted to assemble the marker comprising one of the one or more marker barrels, one of the one or more marker nibs, one of the one or more marker reservoirs, and one of the one or more end plugs, wherein the press mechanism comprises a compression arm and a marker positioner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.