Abstract: A multi-function writing instrument comprises a body extending in an axial direction and a radial direction, and having at least two writing elements arranged inside the body, each writing element comprising a writing head and a button, at least one button extending in the radial direction through a window and allowing the writing element to be moved between a retracted position in which the writing head is retracted into the body and a writing position in which the writing head projects from the body, and one of the writing elements being a leadholder system comprising a leadholder mechanism and a lead container, the button of the leadholder system comprising a lead-insertion channel extending in the axial direction.

Abstract: A cartridge for a razor comprises at least one blade and a first blade support configured to attach the at least one blade to the cartridge. The first blade support includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, a first optical feature provided on one or more of the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion. The first optical feature is selected from one or more of a color, a coating, a texture, a perforation, a transparency of the blade support, a light emitting source, a protrusion and a sticker.

Abstract: A smart device comprising a first interface configured to transmit a first input from a user, a second interface configured to transmit a second input from the user, a digitizer positioned between the first interface and the second interface, and wherein the digitizer is configured to receive the first input from the user through the first interface and the second input from the user through the second interface.

Abstract: A writing instrument having at least one retraction mechanism for actuating a retractable writing tip, the retraction mechanism being configured to produce a predetermined sound that communicates a command to an electronic device.

Abstract: A stylus for touchscreen includes a barrel extending in a longitudinal direction, the barrel including a first end including an opening and a second end, the first end and the second end being, in the longitudinal direction, opposite one another, and a first part and a second part, the first part including the first end and the second part including the second end, an electronic tip received at least in part in the barrel and configured to have at least an in-use configuration in which the electronic tip protrudes from the first part of the barrel through the opening, at least two actuators positioned in a circumferential direction on the second part of the barrel, each actuator being configured to be actuated independently from the other actuators and having at least two configurations, at least a detector for detecting the configuration of the actuators, and communication components.

Abstract: A writing instrument, in particular a pen, comprising at least two reservoirs for storing colorants or inks of at least two different colors, characterized by at least one pumping means which is designed to be actuated by at least one finger of a user.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a razor cartridge which comprises a frame and one or more cutting members. The frame has a leading longitudinal member and a trailing longitudinal member. The one or more cutting members are arranged between the leading longitudinal member and the trailing longitudinal member. At least one magnetic element is configured and arranged to apply a magnetic field in a magnetic shaving aid comprising a magnetic surfactant and being applied to a skin surface so as to elicit an induced change in the magnetic shaving aid between a pre-shave state and a during-shave state.

Abstract: A support for a multimedia tablet, a screen and an optical member, the support comprising a bearing portion configured to interact with the tablet, the bearing portion extending in a first direction and in a second direction transverse to the first direction, the bearing portion comprising a base configured to be mounted on a mounting surface, an optical reflector element configured to be arranged facing the optical member, and a support portion configured for supporting the tablet, the reflector element and the support portion being carried by the bearing surface such that, considered in the first direction, the support portion is arranged between the base and the reflector element, the support portion being movable in the first direction, and the reflector element being movable in the second direction.

Abstract: A multifunctional writing instrument comprising a body housing at least two writing elements, each writing element comprising a writing tip, a selection device configured to select one writing element from the at least two writing elements and a retraction device configured to move a selected writing element between a writing position in which the writing tip of the selected writing element protrudes from the body and a retracted position in which the writing tip of the selected writing element is retracted.

Abstract: A writing instrument comprising a housing extending in a longitudinal direction and having a radial direction, and first and second concentric writing tips, the second writing tip arranged around the first writing tip, each writing tip received in the housing and able to assume an operating configuration, the housing comprising, at a longitudinal end, a deformable nose at least in the radial direction, the deformable nose comprising at least one slit extending in the longitudinal direction, the deformable nose not being deformed when only the first writing tip is in an operating configuration and the deformable nose being deformed when the second writing tip is in an operating configuration, the deformable nose comprising an exit opening of the first and second writing tips, the diameter of the exit opening being greater than the diameter of the first writing tip and less than that of the second writing tip.

Abstract: A writing instrument including a main body provided with a writing tip. The writing tip being supplied with ink by a free ink-type reservoir equipped with a pressure regulating device for regulating the pressure within the reservoir. The pressure regulating device includes at least one microfluidic valve.

Abstract: A flame producing assembly includes a body housing a piezoelectric ignition device, an extended wand extending longitudinally from the body and electrically coupled to the piezoelectric ignition device, and a helical spring extending longitudinally within the extended wand. The piezoelectric ignition device is operable to produce an electric charge. The helical spring includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The second end portion is a diffuser.

Abstract: Multifunction writing instrument comprising a body extending in an axial direction and housing at least two retractable writing elements and a ring portion movable in rotation. The ring portion having at least as many pairs of guide surfaces as retractable writing elements. The writing elements include buttons. Each button is configured to cooperate with a respective one of the pair of guide surfaces of the ring portion. Actuation of the button of a writing element facilitates movement of the writing element from the retracted position to the writing position and returns any of the other writing elements in the writing position to the retracted position, whereby at most, one writing element is in the writing position.

Abstract: A blade assembly comprising a housing having a recess defining a first wall on a first side of the housing and a second wall on a second side of the housing; an elongated body that is attached to the first and second walls and is rotatable about a longitudinal axis (S-S), the elongated body having two or more facets, wherein at least one of the facets has a lubricating element disposed thereon; and a locking mechanism a configured to releasably lock the body in a use position.

Abstract: A writing instrument comprising a body extending along an axial direction and an erasing device comprising an eraser, the erasing device being disposed at an axial end of the body of the writing instrument, the eraser being able to assume a use position and a protection position, the eraser being configured to switch from the use position to the protection position by a displacement of the eraser by means of an actuation device of the erasing device, the actuation device being configured to be actuated along a axis perpendicular to the axial direction.

Abstract: A metallic ball pen tip for a writing instrument comprising a feeding passage extending in an axial direction, the feeding passage reaching in a recess configured to receive a ball, the recess being defined by a cylindrical wall and a ball seat, wherein the ball seat comprises a plurality of feeding grooves and wherein the ball seat is textured, the texture comprising a plurality of blind holes having a depth equal to or smaller than 50 ?m, preferably equal to or smaller than 10 ?m, more preferably equal to or smaller than 5 ?m, more preferably equal to or smaller than 1 ?m, the blind holes having a total surface equal to or greater than 20% of the ball seat, preferably 60% and equal to or smaller than 90% of the ball seat, preferably 85%. A method of manufacturing a metallic ball pen tip.

Abstract: A method of applying texture in augmented reality comprises steps of acquiring a real-world image in which a real object (62) and at least a portion of a marker (63) linked to the real object are visible; detecting the marker; registering a virtual world with the real world on the basis of the marker detection; positioning a three-dimensional virtual object in such a way that, in the virtual world, the virtual object is substantially overlaid over the real object in the real world; applying a texture (67) to the three-dimensional virtual object; and displaying at least the texture applied to the three-dimensional virtual object. The invention also relates to a system for carrying out the method and to a kit notably containing the marker.