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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7874753 | Dispenser for a cosmetic, cleansing or pharmaceutical composition A dispenser for cosmetic, cleansing or pharmaceutical composition including a tubular sleeve for housing the whole of a movable sub-assembly in the storage position thereof in such a way that the head of the movable sub-assembly is not accessible. A locking mechanis... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7431528 | Telescopic handwriting pen A telescopic handwriting pen for PDA or cellular phone. In one embodiment, the pen comprises tubelike inner, intermediate, and outer sections and first and second coupling assemblies fitted in front ends of the inner and intermediate sections. Either coupling assemb... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431438 | Ink cartridge, recording apparatus employing ink cartridge, and manufacturing method for ink cartridge An ink cartridge which is detachably mountable to a liquid ejection type recording device including a liquid ejecting head for ejecting liquid onto a recording material while scanning the recording material in a direction crossing with a feeding direction of the rec... | 10/07/2008 |
| RE40272 | Foldable writing implement A ball point pen has a elongate shank 10 that supports a ball point element inside. A handle 11 can pivot and fold over and be held closed against the shank 10. This allows the pen to be maintained in a folded-up configuration and easily carried... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350998 | Glass cleaning tool The present glass cleaning tool is a small, handheld, easily stored device having a self-contained supply of cleaning fluid stored therein and an applicator head for applying the fluid to a glass surface. The applicator head is stored within the storage handle of th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7287924 | Stylized writing instrument A stylized writing instrument which is shaped like a proprietary and/or familiar object. In general, embodiments of the invention include a housing shaped like the proprietary and/or familiar object, a writing element, and internal mechanisms provided within the hou... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278798 | Wiper for cosmetics bottle A wiper for use in a cosmetics bottle fabricated from a semi-rigid plastic such as low density polyethylene. The wipe has a sleeve with an integral wiper diaphragm defining an orifice having a wiper edge. The wiper diaphragm is connected to the sleeve by a plurality... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7232271 | Writing implement A writing implement 1 includes a sensor 11 and control circuitry 13 so that when the writing implement is brought into close proximity with an input screen, the writing tip 3 of the writing implement 1 is prevented from delivering ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7172358 | Counting pen An apparatus and method provide a writing device including a button pressed by a user, wherein the button engages a mechanism used to move a writing tip between stowed and operative positions. A counter receives at least one indication each time the button is presse... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163016 | Material dispenser with applicator A dispenser for material including an applicator, an elongated housing member with a well at one end thereof for receiving the applicator to shield the applicator, a laterally opening receptacle carried by the housing member for holding a coherent body of the materi... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7150575 | Freestanding penholder A penholder having a retractable tether for holding a pen in an upright position adjacent a vertical portion of the stand extending the when not in use for easily finding the pen. The tether extends when the pen is in use but does not interfere with use since little... | 12/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7001092 | Crayon (eraseables) A type of writing apparatus. The writing apparatus is a modified crayon that includes an attached eraser and has an outer plastic sleeve that serves as the gripping mechanism when in use. An individual can rotate the attached eraser and expel the crayon slowly out o... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6981812 | Opening and closing device for capless retractable marker pen An opening and closing device for a capless retractable marker pen is disclosed. The opening and closing device is based on a two-stage design for achieving the purpose of protracting and retracting a writing tip. The opening and closing device for the capless retra... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6942411 | Telescopic ball-point pen A telescopic ball-point pen includes a tubular body, including a sliding axial tube, which in turn includes a refill tank. An interior surface of the body and an exterior surface of the sliding axial tube are threaded to form a driver screw portion, and an interior ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6921224 | Retractile mechanism for refill of writing instrument A retractile mechanism for refills of writing instrument includes an outer tube, a refill, an inner tube, a sliding ring with load and a compression spring. The inner tube having a front stopper on the front end and a rear stopper on the rear end thereof. By movemen... | 07/26/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6899481 | Retractable belt lotion applicator A belted applicator for applying a lotion substance, and more particularly a lotion applicator having a retractable belt in a handled configuration that lends to the easy use of the device. The belted applicator includes two handled housing bodies interconnected by ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6860667 | Writing instrument with biased rotatable assembly A writing instrument is provided having an elongated shell having a longitudinal axis and an elongated assembly having a writing tip disposed at a first end of the elongated assembly. The elongated assembly is disposed at least partially in the elongated shell. The ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6837639 | Illuminable writing instrument An illuminable writing instrument includes a hollow elongated body having a first end, an opposed second end, and a receiving cavity, wherein the elongated body is adapted for a light passing from the receiving cavity to outside, a writing unit, having a writing tip... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6837638 | Capless holding device A capless holding device which does not use any removable caps but which can reliably move a medium between a projected position and a housed position is provided. The capless holding device includes a cylinder holding a refill that is movable between a projected po... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6832868 | Writing implement which lengthens and shortens when actuated A writing implement comprising a housing (2), a writing cartridge (4) arranged in the housing in a movable manner, and a control unit that displaces the writing cartridge between a first position in which the cartridge tip (6) protrudes from the... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6793427 | Writing aid for children, handicap or elderly individuals and method therefor A writing aid for helping to steady a hand of an individual to allow the individual to write in a more steady manner has a writing pad. The writing pad has a magnetic layer. A writing instrument is provided wherein the writing instrument has at least one magnet coup... | 09/21/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6718990 | Cosmetics container and applicator for one hand operation A cosmetics container (10) is adapted for one hand operation. The body (12) of the container (10) defines a reservoir (14) with cosmetics therein and further defines a passage (24) from the reservoir (14) and container (1... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6688794 | Amusement pen with turnable decoration An amusement pen with a turnable decoration. A turnable device is formed by pulling wires, a U shape swingable rod and a decoration. By operating the pulling wires, the decoration will turn around the two pulling wires. A driven device has two linkages fo... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6616365 | Telescopic writing instrument The telescopic writing instrument has adjustable length for comfortable writing when extended and ease of transport when contracted. It consists of a pen or pencil cartridge fixed inside the inner substrate of three concentric substrates that slide within... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6607324 | Variable length pencil A makeup pencil is made variable in length by use of rack shafts and a pinion. The pencil has three housings which interact to extend the brush when in use. The brush is projected out of one of the housings through a through-hole. The pencil structure has... | 08/19/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6568866 | Mechanical penholder A mechanical penholder preventing the refill from direct impact when falling on the ground and preventing the refill from being retracted in use is comprised of upper and lower holders engaged to contain a refill, which penetrates through the lower holder... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6561710 | Stylized writing instrument A stylized writing instrument shaped like a proprietary and/or familiar object. Embodiments include a housing shaped like the proprietary and/or familiar object, a writing implement, and internal mechanisms provided within the housing for extending the wr... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6554519 | Note pad holder with integrated writing instrument A notepad holder with an integrated writing instrument which includes a writing instrument disposed in a generally rectangular housing having a base section and a hingedly connected lid section. The base section has a top surface, opposing side surfaces a... | 04/29/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6488426 | Writing instrument with finger gripping device A writing instrument is provided including a gripping section arranged along a portion of the writing instrument normally used for gripping and a writing tip extending from the gripping section. The gripping section may be provided on a replaceable cartri... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6464419 | Foldable writing implement A ball point pen has a elongate shank 10 that supports a ball point element inside. A handle 11 can pivot and fold over and be held closed against the shank 10. This allows the pen to be maintained in a folded-up configuration and easily carried in a brea... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6435751 | Click type writing implement A click type writing implement includes: a ball-pen refill composed of a point assembly at the front end thereof, an ink storage at the rear thereof and a pressurizing mechanism of a pumping type at the rear of the ink storage; an arrangement for holding ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6390706 | Retractable writing implement A retractable-type writing instrument has a tubular body having a longitudinal axis, a front end, a rear end, and a tip disposed at the front end. A writing medium is disposed in the tubular body for undergoing movement in an axial direction along the lon... | 05/21/2002 |
