Abstract: A system of various messaging, personal convenience, and organizational products, each taking the form of a component or module, and all of which are securable to one another in such a manner that a user is provided with a wide array of possible customizable configuration options. The components are interconnected by fasteners, such as clips, secured to adjacent walls that project rearwardly from a front surface of each of the components.

Abstract: A writing instrument comprises a body, a writing tips and at least one plastically deformable member. The body contains a writing medium. The writing tip extends from the body. The at least one plastically deformable member extends from the body and is adapted to be arranged in a plurality of different configurations. An accessory for a writing instrument comprises a cap and at least one plastically deformable member. The cap is adapted to be removably attached to a writing instrument. The at least one plastically deformable member is attached to the cap and adapted to be bent into a plurality of configurations to customize the appearance of the cap and/or writing instrument.

Abstract: A kit for providing a modular grip for a writing instrument includes a plurality of tubular elements. Each of the tubular elements comprises an inner surface, an outer surface, and a representation. The inner surface is adapted to frictionally engage the writing instrument. The outer surface is adapted to be gripped by a user. The representations are disposed on the outer surface. The plurality of tubular elements are adapted to provide a user with the ability to create a modular grip and to customize and/or personalize a writing instrument.

Abstract: An activity center is provided that includes a case having an upper and lower shell hingedly joined together. The upper shell has a recessed portion disposed on a top surface that receives a writing surface that is hingedly joined to the top surface of the upper shell. The recessed portion is adapted to receive a paper or template including indicia between the top surface and the writing surface and the indicia on the paper or template is at least partially visible through the writing surface.

Abstract: A writing utensil having a distal end and a proximal end and extending generally along a longitudinal axis includes a casing having a slot extending generally along the longitudinal axis adjacent the proximal end, an eraser disposed on the proximal end of the casing, a valve coupled to the casing adjacent the distal end and including a valve door, a writing tip moveable between a stored position in which the tip is stored within the valve and a writing position in which the tip extends out of the valve, and an actuator disposed in and slidable in the slot and operatively coupled to the writing tip such that movement of the actuator in the slot moves the writing tip between the stored position and the writing position.

Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to a marker system and, more particularly, to a marker system comprising a first instrument, a second instrument, and a connector cap for receiving the first and second instruments.