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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7934883 | Writing instrument comprising a cartridge support A writing instrument that includes a barrel extending along a longitudinal axis, a cartridge housed inside the barrel and having a front end connected to a writing point and a rear end, and a cartridge support connected to the barrel and against which the rear end o... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7384207 | Ergonomic hand held implement with retractable tip An improved hand-held implement is provided with a body having external surfaces that define contours which match and ergonomically engage the surfaces of a user's thumb and fingers when the user grasps the implement, so as to provide a large surface area of contact... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367597 | Push latch A push-to-open latch is selectively moveable between latched and unlatched positions. The push-to-open latch comprises a latch assembly that is reciprocatable relative to a catch assembly. The latch assembly includes a latch housing having a housing bore extending t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7226229 | Self-retractable pen A self-retractable pen that will allow an individual to expose or retract the nib or writing portion of a pen simply by squeezing a portion of the device. It will appear like any other pen except that a person will expose or retract the nib by squeezing the sides of... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217054 | Side knock type feeding mechanism A side knock type feeding mechanism for feeding an object to be fed inside a body by side knock. A front barrel which houses an object to be fed and is capable of feeding the object to be fed from a tip end opening, a knock button provided on a side portion of the f... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7195415 | Writing instrument with variably inclinable tip A writing instrument is ergonomically adjusted to the position of a user's hands. The writing device has a substantially tubular shaft along a main axis, a terminal part at the rear end of the shaft and a substantially conical tip at the front end of the shaft. Usin... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7128489 | Writing instrument A writing instrument that includes a sleeve-like housing, a reservoir axially extending in the housing, a push button positioned in the rear portion of the housing, a latching device for latching the push button in a writing position with a latch recess in the housi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128491 | Composite writing instrument In a composite writing instrument having mounted therein a plurality of writing devices including at least one ball-point pen refill equipped with a tip of the ball-point pen at a top end and an ink reservoir section at a rear end so that writing tip portions may be... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7108439 | Flexible barrel writing instrument A writing instrument having a retractable ball point pen with a metallic coil or spring barrel which permits the instrument to bend, a cushion or textured grip, inner and upper sleeves to provide a housing for the ends of the ink refill cartridge, a click mechanism ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7066042 | Advancing/retracting mechanism An advancing/retracting mechanism having a pair of cams is disclosed. The advancing/retracting mechanism includes a first cam, a second cam, and a barrel. The first cam includes an angled surface and a shoe, and the second cam includes an angled surface and a slider... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059796 | Self-sealing retractable writing instrument A retractable writing instrument that substantially prevents writing fluid from evaporating through the tip when the tip is in a retracted position to eliminate the need for a cap. Within the writing instrument is an enclosure member that has a vapor chamber. In the... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6974026 | Three-in-one art pack A storage device for writing or drawing implements includes a holder adapted to receive writing or drawing implements. A paper roll is wrapped around the holder. A guide is positioned adjacent to the paper roll and against which the paper can bear. A base is attache... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6914596 | Personal digital assistant with retractable stylus A Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) with retractable stylus comprises a retractable stylus, a housing, a stylus slot, and a push portion, wherein a contact pad is attached to the inner side of the push portion. The retractable stylus comprises a pen shaft having a re... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6902334 | Ball-point pen A ball-point pen comprises: a ball-point pen tip, a coil spring, a refill, a mid tube, a upper tube, a clip, a sliding bar, a lower holder, a pen cap, a back plug spring, a sliding bracket, and a back plug; wherein the refill spring is placed inside the ball-point p... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6773185 | Retractile pen A retractile pen has an outer barrel, an inner barrel movably located in the outer barrel, and a clip connected to a rear end of the outer barrel. The inner barrel has a retaining bolt elastically connected to a rear end thereof. A first and a second guide slot are ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6755584 | Writing instrument A writing instrument includes a barrel having a channel with an open end, and a writing element disposed in the channel. The writing element is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. At least a portion of the writing element is resilient and ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6729785 | Method and device for advancing a lead and an eraser in a mechanical pencil and for advancing a pen and an eraser in a pen A mechanical pencil and/or pen and method for operating a mechanical pencil and/or pen is provided. The mechanical pencil includes a barrel, a lead chamber, a first pressure actuator, an eraser chamber, and a second pressure actuator. The first pressure actuator is ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6592279 | Pop-up pen A pop up writing implement that includes a pump handle, an outer sleeve, an inner pen casing, a spring, a pen cartridge and a connector, which in one embodiment is U-shaped. The pen is expandable and contractible, making it small enough to easily carry in... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6547470 | Retractable combination pen and screwdriver A combination tool capable of being clipped into a pocket which incorporates an outwardly biased writing implement, e.g., pen, into a tip of a removable Phillips-head screwdriver tip at one end of a hexagonal tube while having a removable second tip, e.g.... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6536973 | Writing instrument A writing instrument includes a barrel defining a channel, an arcuate cam member coupled to the barrel and a writing element in communication with the cam member. The cam member is rotatable between a first position in which a writing end of the writing e... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6491465 | Writing implement with a displaceable refill A writing implement includes a shaft, a refill having a writing tip and that is displaceable co-axially in the shaft, a resilient restoring member acting between the shaft and the refill, a shifting mechanism and a push member associated with the shifting... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6474889 | Telescopic ball-point pen A telescopic ball-point pen comprising a front case and a rear case capable of slidably engaged in the front case and the rear case can be adjusted to make a telescopic motion to reach respective steps, wherein the front case comprises a mouth ring, a fro... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6439791 | Grip and cap for writing tool, and writing tool A grip is used for a mechanical pencil including a shaft tip portion, a core guide, and a core. This grip is formed into a tube-shape. The grip includes a tip portion, a base portion, and a spacing portion. The tip portion has a tip and a through hole por... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6390707 | Knocking writing utensil A knocking writing utensil which automatically returns a writing medium to a withdrawn position when a clip is used, includes an engagingly-locking protrusion formed on an engagement body that moves inside an external cylinder together with a refill. An e... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6347875 | Functional part holder, especially a penknife The invention relates to an implement holder, in particular for a pocket knife, or a flat-design storage case having a housing body with one or more housing compartments for at least one implement which can be moved out from a rest position into a positio... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6309122 | Locating structure for a bounce device in a pen A locating structure for a bounce device in a pen, having a hollow penholder, a locating device, and a center stick. The penholder has an end with a transverse guide groove and a locating hole below the guide groove. The locating hole has a size greater t... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6290415 | Telescopic device with a firm positioning effect A telescopic device with a firm positioning effect, comprises a hollow upper sleeve having at least one arcuate recess at the inner wall thereof, and having a through hole at the top portion thereof and internal threads at the lower end thereof; a hollow ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6276855 | Retractile pen A retractile pen includes an outer barrel and an inner barrel axially slidably received in the outer barrel. The outer barrel is provided with two axially spaced and aligned stop holes and the inner barrel is provided with an elastically depressible butto... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6273627 | Expandable writing instrument An expandable pen has a pen barrel with an expanding middle section. The pen barrel holds a retractable ball point pen refill cartridge When the pen is expanded, the writing tip of the refill is extended from a retracted position inside the pen barrel to ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6264388 | Rotary locator with differential position in a pen A rotary locator with differential position in a pen comprises an adapter head, a follower stem, and a cam. The adapter head is fixed at the top of the pen, an upper forked portion with a pivot device at the top thereof to form a groove seat, and a lower ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6224282 | Side knock-type ball point pen A side knock-type ball point pen includes a barrel having a front end portion and a rear end portion, a refill-receiver member axially movably incorporated within the barrel, a refill removably received in the refill-receiver member, the refill including ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6200050 | Automatic bounce device for a center stick in a pen An automatic bounce device for a center stick in a pen comprises a pen holder, a center stick, a restore resilient part, and a push part. A locating hole and an engaging hole is provided on the pen holder. The push part is composed of an upper cap and a l... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6120204 | Hand writing instrument with built-in stamp A hand writing instrument is provided with a built-in stamp (51) and built-in stamp pad (36). The stamp (51) and stamp pad (36) are respectively provided in carriers (50, 38) which are pivotally mounted on a mounting shaft (32) in such a manner that, in t... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6050735 | Writing implement including an input stylus A writing implement (10) includes an integrally formed stylus tip (12) for inputting information into electronic devices. An ink cartridge style pen (10) with a push-button spring actuator (48) is modified to include an integrally formed stylus tip (12) m... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5997204 | Retractable ball-point pen An operating mechanism of a retractable ball-point pen including a ring mounted over a pin. The pin has at one end thereof a push button and at the other end thereof a portion having a greater diameter. Additionally, the pin has at least one pair of ribs ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5961237 | Writing instrument The present invention provides writing instruments having a mechanism for extending and retracting a writing tip and advancing a lead by rotational operation. The writing instrument is comprised of a front tubular member (1); a front inner tubular member ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5944436 | Pen possible to sound A pen possible to sound includes a housing, an ink holder, a fit member, a gear set, and an operative member combined together. An elastic strip is provided in an intermediate portion of the housing, and the ink holder is movably located in a lower portio... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5918993 | Clicking-type writing implement A clicking-type writing implement includes a writing member having a writing portion at its tip, and a clicking rod for projecting the writing member from a barrel cylinder. When the clicking rod is depressed to engage an engaging portion of a rotor in th... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5913629 | Writing implement including an input stylus A stylus tip for inputting information into electronic devices is provided on the writing end of a writing implement so that the operator can quickly and easily switch between writing with an ink tip cartridge to input information with the stylus tip with... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5725323 | Writing appliance that closes automatically after a given time interval A writing implement of the type that incorporates a writing element which has the characteristic of deteriorating in the presence of air is disclosed. It comprises a housing and a writing element contained in the housing. A bias member for urging the writ... | 03/10/1998 |
