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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066397 | Light pen First and second magnets of a light pen according to the present invention are used for replacing a conventional spring to be a switch structure of the light pen. Whereby, the elastic fatigue problem is not yielded, the switch structure is enabled to be more durable... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7967463 | Pen having a decoration A pen having a decoration includes a decoration on a penholder. The decoration contains an illuminator. When the decoration rotates, the illuminator emits light. On the other hand, upon writing with the pen, the illuminator emits the light as well. Therefore, the il... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7926968 | Dual mode luminous ball pen A dual mode luminous ball pen is disclosed. The luminous pen includes a pen shaft; a tapered transparent tip portion disposed on a proximal end of the shaft; a refill, a switch portion, a lamp, a control portion, and a button. The switch portion disposed inside the ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7887212 | Retractable lamp pen operating in alternate modes A lamp pen comprises a lower body, an upper body attachable to the lower body, a refill and a lamp disposed in the lower body, a conductive spring disposed about the pen refill, a rotating body assembly disposed in the upper body and having a battery, conductive ter... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7871175 | Apparatus and method of drawing with light An apparatus and method of drawing with light. The apparatus comprising of a cylindrically shaped body which houses a light emitting diode of various colors and intensities. The apparatus additionally comprising of a lens which focuses the light emitted through an a... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7575334 | Chalk holding device with light A chalk holding device for marking up dry walled walls of a building uses a pole that has a chalk holder at one end wherein chalk is received within the holder and locked in place via a compression ring. The pole may be threadably attached to an additional extension... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7547109 | Photo-chromic material application apparatus In one embodiment of the invention, photo-chromic applicators are disclosed. The photo-chromic applicator may include a liquid photo-chromic material such as a photo-chromic ink or paint. The photo-chromic material is applied to a surface of a toy, a page, or other ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7448767 | Lip pen assembly with light bulbs A lip pen assembly includes a container and a lip pen is removably inserted into the container. The lip pen has a base and a handle, the base is mounted to a neck extending from an end of the container and two light bulbs are connected to the base. A seal ring has a... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7419275 | Magnetic illumination A printed circuit board (PCB) has a “U” shape circuit connected to a light emitting diode (LED) by a proximal end, connected to a conducting spring by a distal end. LED mounted inside a conducting shell to emit light toward a light guide tube by magnetic attract... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413320 | Illuminating eraser An illuminating eraser is provided. The eraser includes a body and an insert. The insert is receivable within a hollow portion of the body and includes a power source and a light emitting source. The power source is activated by applying pressure to the insert there... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7393114 | Lighted grip and alligator clip cord for tattoo machine An assembly according to the present invention includes a tattoo machine, a grip attached to the tattoo machine, and a light assembly inside the grip utilizing light emitting diodes (LEDs). The assembly further includes a power supply, a power cord for connecting th... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7349608 | Stationery products incorporating fiber optics The inventive subject matter is directed toward a stationery item having bundles of fiber optics that extend through an outside surface of the stationery item in order that points at the terminating points of the fibers can be viewed. These points can be arranged to... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347638 | Pen with a storage function A pen with a storage function includes a penholder, an end of which is installed with a storage device, enabling a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector of the storage device to be protruded out of the penholder, for connecting with an external computer to download d... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331685 | Nailer with an illumination device A nailer with an illumination device located adjacent to the muzzle thereof comprises a nailer and an illumination device. The nailer has a muzzle defined at a front end of a housing thererof, between the muzzle and the housing is arranged a panel and a protection h... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7314325 | Pen-and-electronic device assembly A pen-and-electronic device assembly comprises: a barrel; a writing member; and an electronic device. The electronic device includes: a housing having a battery-mounting part including top and bottom walls and a peripheral wall cooperating with the top and bottom wa... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311414 | Ornamental lamp assembly An ornamental lamp assembly incorporating a dual housing structure having an internal protective element and an external decorative element to protect functional circuitry from damage sustained as a result of normal outdoor use, and to facilitate achieving a selecti... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290898 | Portable and mobile illumination and detection A mobile illumination apparatus. A universal clamp for attaching to wide range objects such that a broad range of clamping abilities are achieved. Incorporating into the clamp a self-locking ratcheting mechanism for adjusting over a range of spans and fold-out finge... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282818 | Power hand tool having a proximity detector The present invention provides a power tool with a hand proximity detector to detect the hand of an operator and a trigger circuit operable with the detector to control the operation of a light in the housing or to provide a safety lockout function. One embodiment i... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7253541 | Power hand tool having a proximity detector The present invention provides a power tool with a hand proximity detector to detect the hand of an operator and a trigger circuit operable with the detector to control the operation of a light in the housing or to provide a safety lockout function. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252539 | Insertion assembly of a key management system A key management system comprises a sleeve; a plug cover having a part embedded into a rear end of the sleeve; an encoding chip connected to a positive conductive cambered sheet and a negative conductive cambered sheet; an insulating seat having an annular post; a c... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241022 | Pen with light source A pen with light source comprises an upper case with a press-on turning device, an at least semi-transparent lower case, mounted on the upper case and containing a pen refill, and a lighting device, inserted inside the upper and lower cases, further comprising two e... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220012 | Illuminating clip for pen The present invention is aimed to provide a clip for pen, in particular, the marks or logo on the clip can emit light and slide on rails. The illuminating clip includes a conducting clamp (6), at least an illuminating device (7), the conducting clamp (... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217069 | Hand-held tool with a removable object sensor A hand-held power tool is provided with a housing, an attachment member, and an object sensor that is removable from the attachment member. The attachment member may be removable from the tool. The object sensor, which can be used to detect studs hidden behind walls... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215084 | Power control arrangement, as for a flashlight In a battery-operated apparatus comprising a load, a battery and a switch in circuit for selectively energizing the load: a comparator compares a potential produced by the battery and a reference potential for de-energizing the load when the battery potential is bel... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7185998 | Power tool A power tool has a light unit provided at the bottom part of the handle grip. The light unit can be adjusted to change the lighting angle and can hold the desired lighting angle. The light unit thus disposed does not get in the way, the lighting angle of the light u... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7160045 | Illuminated highlighter and advertising vehicle A writing instrument with an illuminated ink reservoir. The writing instrument includes a light source, a power supply, a power switch, and an ink reservoir defined by a portion of the instrument body that is generally capable of transmitting light. The ink reservoi... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150555 | Lighting pen The present invention discloses a lighting pen which comprises a writing section and an illustrating section on the bottom and in the middle section of the pen respectively, and a control switch for turning on and off an illuminating member; wherein a displaying sec... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144176 | Ink reservoir for attaching to various pens A pen includes a housing, and an ink reservoir to be received in the housing. The ink reservoir includes a cartridge received in the housing and for receiving ink, a barrel attaching to front of the cartridge, and a nib attached to the barrel, for extending out thro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137761 | Right angle drill with an improved structure for accommodating a light assembly A right angle drill (1) includes a motor housing (6) which defines therein a hole (18) for accommodating a motor field system (3), a cut-out (15) formed in the underside of the motor housing (6) from the front end toward the... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131206 | Jig saw with laser alignment system A jig saw for more precise movement during cutting with a laser alignment system for projecting a marker onto a workpiece to align with a target line to be cut. The laser alignment system comprises a housing, a laser generator within the housing, an internal battery... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129654 | Flashing light control apparatus and method thereof The present invention describes a flashing light apparatus and method for operating the same. A pulse signal generated by a pulse signal generator and the states of the general purpose Input/Output pins of a CPU are used to control the lights to flash. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121752 | Multi-purpose pen A multi-purpose pen includes an upper pen shaft and a lower pen shaft joined by a hollow middle ring in between. The upper pen shaft has a cone-shaped lucent section at a rear end thereof, such that light beams emitted form an illumination module located in the uppe... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7101103 | Illuminated writing instrument with magnetic retainer clip An improved illuminated writing instrument comprises a writing element, a lighting element and an attaching element. The writing and lighting elements are secured to each other via the attaching element. The attaching element comprises a combination dual clip and a ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093950 | Illumination pen An illumination pen includes a hollow pen holder having a receiving cavity and a lower light transmissible body, a writer device and an actuator. The writer device includes a pen core, an illumination device including a battery and an illuminator. The actuator inclu... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086797 | Light-emitting pen with pullable cover A pullable light-emitting pen has a light-emitting body and a refill. The light-emitting body and the refill can act synchronously. Thereby, at night light is illuminated from the light-emitting pen so that the user can write easily. A cover is located at a top of t... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080951 | Laser pointer with external device connector A laser pointer with external device connector comprising a laser pointer offers pointing function, a hollow external connector with the size corresponding to the objects to be connected. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7080934 | Illuminated caps for containers and display racks for energizing them A cap for a container, having a light source contained within the cap, and a pair of conductors adapted to be in contact with a source of current exterior to the cap, the conductors being disposed so as to conduct current to illuminate the light source when they are... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7067986 | Frequency controlled lighting system A method and apparatus for illuminating lighting elements in one or more predetermined patterns. A preferred frequency controlled lighting system implementing this method includes a motion switch, a controller, and lighting elements. The motion switch creates an act... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7057354 | Frequency controlled lighting system A method and apparatus for illuminating lighting elements in one or more predetermined patterns. A preferred frequency controlled lighting system implementing this method includes a motion switch, a controller, a sound generator, and lighting elements. The motion sw... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044672 | Multiple color led and ink pen light A multi-colored self-illuminating writing implement whereby one of a plurality of light sources contained within the housing of the writing implement is made selectable by the user as desired. The self-illuminating writing implement includes a marker mounted within ... | 05/16/2006 |
