Patents Assigned to Societe Bic
  • Pencil lead
    Patent number: 11072722
    Abstract: A pencil lead and a pencil containing the pencil lead wherein the pencil lead is polymer-based, extrudable, non-expanded, non-calcined and comprises graphite, of which 25% to 100% by weight or 50% to 100% by weight of the graphite, in relation to the total weight of the graphite, is expanded graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventors: Julien Gouerec, Frédéric Claptien, Philippe Lefebvre, Christelle Debrauwer
  • WRITING INSTRUMENT EQUIPPED WITH A LOCKING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210187995
    Abstract: A manual device including a first portion and a second portion. The second portion being at least partially fitted into the first portion and being moveable in translation relative to the first portion. The first portion having a first distal end while the second portion has a second distal end opposite the first distal end. The second portion also includes a locking device designed to prevent the first portion from moving in translation relative to the second portion only when, considered in the direction of gravity. The first distal end is arranged above the second distal end, and the locking device includes a chamber and a ball or equivalent accommodated in the chamber. The chamber is provided only in the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Societe BIC
    Inventor: Laurent BEAUCHER
  • PORTABLE DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR CHARGING ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20210194281
    Abstract: A device for wirelessly charging electronics, the device comprising a housing, at least one writing instrument disposed in the housing, a power transmitter disposed inside or formed on the housing, the power transmitter being configured to transmit power for charging electronics, and a battery disposed inside or embedded in the housing, the battery being configured to provide power to the power transmitter to transmit the power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Société Bic
    Inventors: Steven A. BURKHART, Loïc FOLGOAS
  • WRITING INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A CLIP AND A RETRACTABLE ERASER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210146714
    Abstract: Writing instrument having a body, a clip, and a retractable eraser device movable between a first position and a second position, the clip forming a housing that is designed to receive all or part of a gripping portion of the eraser device in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventors: Etienne MICHENAUD, Franck VADENNE, Aurélien COFFINET
  • Manual device for applying a coating to a support by means of tape
    Patent number: 10994962
    Abstract: A manual device for applying a coating to a support by means of tape, in which a first angle formed between the median plane of the applicator tip and the half-line extending from the middle of the application edge of the applicator tip and passing through the point arranged at the intersection of the outer periphery of the first winding and the radius of the first winding perpendicular to the median plane, is between ?1° and 10°, whereas a second angle formed between the median plane and the half-line extending from the middle of the application edge and passing through the point arranged at the intersection of the outer periphery of the second winding and the radius of the second winding perpendicular to the median plane, is between 1° and 10°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Société BIC
    Inventor: Arnaud Bez
  • Pressure difference compensation membrane
    Patent number: 10994568
    Abstract: A compensation membrane and a pen or the equivalent including a compensation membrane. The compensation membrane being configured for compensating a pressure difference between the outside and the inside of a free ink reservoir of a pen or the equivalent. The membrane including a first portion having a first rigidity and a second portion having a second rigidity, the first rigidity being less than the second rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventors: Anne-Lise Damiano, Olivier Albenge, Christelle Debrauwer
  • NIB FOR WRITING FELT PEN
    Publication number: 20210122181
    Abstract: A nib for a valve-free free ink writing felt pen including a first end configured to deliver ink to a writing support and second end, opposite the first end, configured to be inserted in a nib receiving part of the valve-free free ink writing felt pen, the first end and the second end defining an axial direction of the nib, the nib including a main body made of porous hydrophilic material and including one or more insert made of porous hydrophobic material, the one or more insert being configured to allow intake of air from the outside of a free ink tank of the valve-free free ink writing felt pen into the free ink tank and avoid ink leakage outside the free ink tank. A valve-free free ink writing felt pen including a nib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventors: Etienne Roudaut, Arnaud Bez
  • NIB FOR WRITING FELT PEN
    Publication number: 20210122182
    Abstract: A nib for a valve-free free ink writing felt pen including a first end configured to deliver ink to a writing support and second end, opposite the first end, configured to be inserted in a nib receiving part of the valve-free free ink writing felt pen, the first end and the second end defining an axial direction of the nib, the nib having an external surface configured to cooperate with an internal surface of the nib receiving part, the external surface being configured to allow intake of air from the outside of a free ink tank, the valve-free free ink writing felt pen into the free ink tank and avoid ink leakage outside the free ink tank when cooperating with the internal surface of the nib receiving part. A valve-free free ink writing felt pen including a nib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventors: Etienne ROUDAUT, Arnaud BEZ
  • Writing instrument with a locking device
    Patent number: 10967668
    Abstract: A manual device including a first portion and a second portion. The second portion being at least partially fitted into the first portion and being moveable in translation relative to the first portion. The first portion having a first distal end while the second portion has a second distal end opposite the first distal end. The second portion also includes a locking device designed to prevent the first portion from moving in translation relative to the second portion only when, considered in the direction of gravity. The first distal end is arranged above the second distal end, and the locking device includes a chamber and a ball or equivalent accommodated in the chamber. The chamber is provided only in the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: SOCIÉTÉ BIC
    Inventor: Laurent Beaucher
  • APPLICATOR DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC RETRACTION
    Publication number: 20210094340
    Abstract: An applicator device for a product, said applicator device comprising a housing, a product carriage, for supporting the product, that is mobile within the housing between an extended state and a retracted position, and a retraction mechanism configured to move the product carriage into the retracted position after a predetermined period of time in the extended state. A glue stick comprising said applicator device and an adhesive product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventor: Eirini Petratou
  • APPLICATOR DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC RETRACTION
    Publication number: 20210094341
    Abstract: A glue stick applicator comprising a casing receiving a glue stick, the glue stick being extendable through a mouth of the casing between a retracted position wherein the glue stick is entirely housed in the casing and an extended position wherein the glue stick extends at least in part from the mouth of the casing, and a grid fitted around the glue stick at least when the glue stick is in the extended position, the grid being made of a material having higher gluing capability than the material of the glue stick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventor: Eirini PETRATOU
  • Coextrusion processes and products produced thererom
    Patent number: 10960594
    Abstract: A method of coextruding polymeric materials into multiple layers of desired thickness to form a tubular workpiece. The method includes conveying a first polymeric material through a main extruder and a second polymeric material through a coextruder. The second polymeric material has dispersed therein an amount of electrically conductive particles effective to impart electrical conductivity to the tubular workpiece. The method further includes simultaneously extruding the first polymeric material and the second polymeric material through a coextrusion die to form the tubular workpiece. The tubular workpiece is extruded in the form of one or more outer layers having the first polymeric material and one or more inner layers comprising the second polymeric material. A tubular workpiece prepared by the method of coextruding polymeric materials into multiple layers of desired thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SOCIETE BIC S.A.
    Inventors: Michael Johnes, Robert White
  • Manual device for applying a coating on a substrate using a tape, having an improved end piece
    Patent number: 10954092
    Abstract: A manual device for applying a coating on a substrate by means of a tape has an applicator endpiece assembled to a casing and projecting from the casing. The applicator endpiece extends along a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction. The applicator endpiece has an attachment portion for assembling it to the casing, an applicator portion for applying the coating on the substrate, and a stem extending along the longitudinal direction between the attachment portion and the applicator portion. The stem is elastically deformable in such a manner that the applicator portion is movable between a rest position and an application position. The stem is an iso-stress stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventors: Franck Rolion, Samuel Malinverni
  • A MULTIFUNCTION WRITING INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20210078355
    Abstract: A multifunction writing instrument comprising a body extending along an axial direction and housing at least two writing elements, each writing element comprising a writing tip, a selector device configured to select one writing element from among the at least two writing elements, a retraction device configured to move a selected writing element between a writing position in which the writing tip of the selected writing element projects from the body and a retracted position in which the writing tip of the selected writing element is retracted, and a return device configured to bring a writing element from the writing position to the retracted position when the selector device is activated while a writing element is in the writing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventor: Etienne MICHENAUD
  • DEVICE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20210084267
    Abstract: A device configured to capture a first image and to project a second image, the device comprising a support; a camera configured to capture, or a first mirror configured to capture and reflect towards a camera, a first image of a work area, the camera or the first mirror being mounted on the support; and a projector configured to project, or a second mirror configured to reflect and project, a second image on the work area, the projector or the second mirror being mounted on the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventors: Etienne ROUDAUT, Loïc FOLGOAS
  • MULTI-FUNCTION WRITING INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A LEAD-HOLDER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210078353
    Abstract: A multi-function writing instrument comprises a body extending in an axial direction, at least two writing elements arranged inside the body, each writing element comprising a writing head able to take up a retracted position in which the writing head is stowed in the body and a writing position in which the writing head protrudes from the body, one of the writing elements being a lead-holder system comprising a lead-holder mechanism and a lead container, the lead container comprising a side opening for inserting leads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventors: Etienne MICHENAUD, Arnaud BEZ, Damien DUBOURGUIER
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROJECTING A PATTERN IN MIXED REALITY
    Publication number: 20210074066
    Abstract: A method and a system for projecting a pattern onto a real surface, comprising: an image acquisition module; a video projector; a processor; and a memory comprising instructions that can be executed by the processor in order to: acquire an image on which a real surface is at least partially visible by means of said image acquisition module; determine a geometric transformation to be applied to said pattern such that once the pattern is projected by a video projector, it appears in a predefined location on the real surface, the determination of the geometric transformation taking into account the position of the video projector and the position of said real surface obtained by means of said acquired image; apply the geometric transformation to said pattern; and project the pattern by means of the video projector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventors: Loïc FOLGOAS, Etienne ROUDAUT
  • Razor handle
    Patent number: D912901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Societe BIC
    Inventors: Christoforos-Athanasios Brellis, Efstratios Christofidellis, Argyro Kallfvretaki, Maria Petratou, Ioannis-Marios Psimadas, Dimitrios Nathanail
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D923709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Societe BIC
    Inventor: Franck Vadenne
  • Charger for shaver
    Patent number: D926127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Societe BIC
    Inventors: Jesper Brehmer, Emmanouil Gkithonas, Triantafyllia Kottidi, Nikolaos Ovvadias, Maria Petratou