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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7086798 | Pen with advertising means A hand held implement and a clip intended for use on a hand held implement with the clip including graphical or imprinted material on a removable piece. The clip further includes a base plate upon which the removable piece is placed in typical construction and use a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6735825 | Secured pen and holder In the secured pen holder of U.S. Pat. No. 6,167,596, a first resilient engagement between cover and base provides an indication of the replacement state in which the pen assembly can be replaced. A second resilient engagement between cover and base provides an indi... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6687959 | Clip attaching structure It is a clip attaching structure wherein the cost can be reduced, and the appearance is excellent, and furthermore, the spring action is good. The clip is made of a thin plate metal material, and has a base part to be inserted into an outer sleeve and a m... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6519813 | Fixing device for a pen clip A fixing device for a pen clip which contains a fixing cap, an upper casing, a fixing clip, an adjusting assembly and a lower casing. The upper casing is a hollow tube and has a trumpet-shaped mouthpiece (top wide while bottom narrow) for receiving the fi... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6499196 | Pen clip A clip for a writing instrument has an external biasing mechanism separate from the connection of the clip to the writing instrument to avoid permanent deformation or breaking of the clip arm and wear on the writing instrument body. The biasing mechanism ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6453516 | Clip mounting structure A clip mounting structure for providing a large amount of rocking of a clip without requiring any spring or the like, includes a clip which has a base which is inserted into a groove within a cap sleeve, a clip body which is located outside of the cap sle... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6332247 | Two-piece clip with elastically adjustable ferrule A two-piece clip including an elastically adjustable ferrule and a clip member detachably connected to the ferrule is provided. The ferrule is formed from a long strip of metal material with suitable elasticity and rigidity and having a predetermined inne... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6308380 | Pen clip mounting arrangement A pen clip mounting arrangement includes a penholder having two locating holes near an open top end thereof, a clip fastened to the penholder on the outside, the clip having an ornamental plate at one end and two hooked portions extended from the ornament... | 10/30/2001 |
| 5996185 | Writing instrument A writing instrument has an elongate body equipped with a pocket connector. The connector includes a leg secured to the body and a relatively ridged, elongate stem extending from the leg in generally parallel relationship with a face surface of the body t... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5967684 | Pen with push-button A pen with push button is a pen which has a button on its barrel to control the exposure or closure of its pen point. When the button is pressed down by a finger, a thimble will retract to expose the pen point; when it is released, the thimble will close ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5927888 | Cap for writing instruments A cap is disclosed for writing instruments such as a mechanical pencil, a ball-point pen, and the like, and particularly a cap for writing instruments to which a safety measure is applied so that even if a curious infant should inadvertently swallow a cap... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5813786 | Writing instrument A writing instrument that may be secured or attached to an article, such as a credit card. The inventive writing instrument is configured in the form of a cylindrical casing having at least two opposingly biased resilient jaws or projections extending the... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5632565 | Removable cap with fluid passage A removable cap of the invention is used for an elongated or writing instrument. The cap is formed of a hollow main body, a supporting member projecting laterally from a side wall of the main body, and a clip projecting from a side of the supporting membe... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5601376 | Retractable writing instrument having replaceable cartridge A writing instrument is provided which includes a body having a barrel portion and a plunger portion. The barrel portion has opposed front and rear ends for housing a replaceable writing cartridge and a spring for biasing the cartridge toward the rear end... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5535487 | Clip attachment apparatus for a writing instrument A writing instrument slip attachment mechanism is disclosed which prevents the clip (3) from becoming separated from the writing instrument. The clip attachment mechanism located on the writing instrument shaft (1) includes a clip (3) having a folded back... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5427464 | Cap with air passage for a writing instrument A cap is provided for a writing instrument to eliminate a potential threat to safety when swallowed. The cap permits easy assembly of an inner cap into an outer shell without using any tools. The cap has an outer shell and a tip seal member (inner shell) ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5221152 | Writing instrument with cap The tubular main body of a writing instrument has a cylinder the writing end of which is formed to include a cap-fitting portion. A gripping portion, which is formed on the cylinder below the cap-fitting portion, has an outer peripheral surface provided w... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5158384 | Caricature pen with integral memorandum paper dispenser A rear pen portion (12) has a notch (18) defined longitudinally therein from a dividing wall (22) to an upper end. A front pen portion (10) has a caricature of a face (14) molded therein and is permanently secured to the rear pen portion. The notch define... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5114258 | Cap with air passage A cap includes a cap body and a clip attached to the cap body. The cap body has a small portion in a tip side thereof, and the sectional shape of the small portion is smaller than that of the adjacent portion. The clip has an annular mounting portion moun... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4926525 | Arrangement for fastening pocket clips to tubular parts of writing instruments A pocket clip stamped from metal strip material, fastened at its one end to the tubular part of a writing instrument and at its other end resiliently biased into contact with the tubular part, has at its fastening end two bent-back, tab-like material sect... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4765767 | Snap-on clip for elongated instruments A clip assembly for an elongated instrument which includes a base portion, a resilient elongated member extending from the base portion and means extending from the base portion dimensioned for insertion into an aperture defined by the elongated instrumen... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4706341 | Writing instrument cap and clip therefor The invention relates to a writing instrument cap and clip therefor. The cap has secured thereto an immovable end piece made rotationally integral with the cap by the heel portion of the clip being sunk into a notch in the cap.... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4653154 | Cap and clip assembly for instrument A cap and clip assembly for an instrument having working means at one end, the assembly being adapted to cover the working means when the working means is not in use, the assembly including a cap member having an open end, a housing extending from the cap... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4608733 | System for fastening pocket clips to metal caps or barrels of writing instruments A pocket clip made by stamping in one piece from spring metal, which is securely attached to a metal writing instrument, such as a fountain pen or ball point pen simply by pushing it, manually or by machine, into an opening provided in the cap or barrel o... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4588317 | Lead or pen marking device A lead or pen marking device comprising a body member having a substantially flat finger gripping plate at one end, and a lead or pen marking tip at the other end.... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4580919 | Flexible pen with sliding sleeve A pen comprises an elongated one-piece barrel having substantially rigid tip end and head end portions joined to each other by an intermediate integral flexible portion, whereby the barrel can be bent at the flexible portion, and a writing tip at the dist... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4459059 | Sliding cap with frictional engagement A cap device for securing an instrument, such as a ballpoint pen, to a web of flexible material. The device comprises a stem portion and a body portion which collectively define a first, second and third surface, with the first surface being disposed betw... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4365390 | Clip for writing utensil A clip for writing utensils such as a sharp pencil or the like comprising a clip piece including a pair of opposed insertion arms, said insertion arms being inserted into receiving grooves provided in side surfaces of a clip base formed integral with a ho... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4129925 | Combined nail file and writing implement clip attachment A low-cost combined nail file and writing implement clip attachment is formed of a T shaped blank of sheet metal. The T shaped blank includes a short transverse strip portion connected by way of a narrowed connecting link to the top of a longitudinal stri... | 12/19/1978 |