Autograph ball with removable writing utensil

A sports implement for obtaining autographs, comprising:

• a core;
• a hole in the core having an open end and a closed bottom end;
• a housing disposed within the hole further comprising a latch, a spring, and a stop rim;
• a cap rotatably and slidably disposed within the housing comprising a first position wherein the cap compresses the spring toward the closed bottom end and a second position wherein the spring urges the cap against the stop rim;
• a writing utensil removably coupled with the cap and rotationally coupled with the housing, further comprising a striker selectively interfacing with the latch;
• wherein the writing utensil further comprises a first body portion, a second body portion, and a third body portion, and wherein the first body portion is slidably coupled with the second body portion, and the second body portion is slidably coupled with the first body portion.

A piece of sporting equipment with a removable writing utensil for obtaining autographs, comprising:

• a core;
• a hole in the core comprising an open end, and a closed bottom end;
• a housing fixed within the hole and comprising an elastic element, a stop rim, and a latch element;
• a elastic element having a distal end in contact with the closed bottom end and a second end;
• a cap in contact with the second end rotatably and slidably disposed within the hole comprising a first position wherein the cap compresses the elastic element toward the closed bottom end and a second position wherein the elastic element is flexed and the cap is urged against the stop rim;
• a writing utensil removably coupled with the cap comprising a striker, a cover, a striker body portion, a first body portion, a second body portion, and comprising at least four positions:
• a. an inserted position wherein writing utensil is in a compressed state, the cap is in the first position and the writing utensil is removably coupled with the cap;
• b. a rotated position wherein the writing utensil has been rotated such that the striker is free of the latch element, the cap is in the second position, and the cover sticks out of the open end a distance approximately a half inch;
• c. an extended position wherein the writing utensil is extended fully, the cap is in the second position, and the writing end remains coupled with the cap;
• and
• d. a removed position wherein the writing utensil is fully extended and is removed from the piece of sporting equipment.