Combined Patents (Class 401/52)
  • Patent number: 6241413
    Abstract: A golf-theme writing related article includes a golf-club-head-shaped eraser which includes a pencil-end reception well for receiving an eraser end of a pencil. A golf-club-bag-shaped pencil holder is provided for holding one or more of pencils fitted with the golf-club-head-shaped erasers. A simulated wheeled golf bag cart is provided for supporting the golf-club-bag-shaped pencil holder. The simulated wheeled golf bag cart includes wheels and a bag-holder portion supported by the wheels. The simulated wheeled golf bag cart includes two wheels. Alternatively, the simulated wheeled golf bag cart includes three wheels, and the wheels weigh more than the bag-holder portion. A simulated golf green is provided for supporting the simulated wheeled golf bag cart on which the golf-club-bag-shaped pencil holder is supported. Additional golf-club-head-shaped erasers and are provided. Each golf-club-head-shaped eraser can simulate a different head of a golf club.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Inventors: Sonny Ah Puck, Johnna Ah Puck
  • Patent number: 6238119
    Abstract: A photo-pen with the function of displaying a phone calling and illumination in dark comprises a pen head, a pen body, and an inducing light emitter. The pen head has an inner pen tube. The pen body is installed at a distal end of the pen head, have a battery therein and having a transparent portion. The inducing light emitter is received within the pen body and has an inducing circuit board electrically connected to the battery and is controlled by a switch key. The inducing circuit board is installed with at least one first light emitter and at least one second light emitter. The first light emitter is placed at the distal end of the pen body and is covered by the distal cover; and the second light emitter is placed at the second section tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Inventor: Robert Liu
  • Patent number: 6234699
    Abstract: A writing apparatus constructed in the shape of a flower. A stem has a writing instrument attached at one end and a decorative flowering arrangement at the other end. The stem may be wrapped with colored paper or tape to give the writing apparatus the appearance of a natural flower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Inventor: Beverly Brode
  • Patent number: 6220773
    Abstract: A container for accommodating a fluid, gel-like or pasty medium in a container chamber into which it is possible to dip a brush and which has a removal opening in which there is seated a closure plug which tapers in a stub-like manner into the container chamber and has a through-passage for the introduction of a stem-mounted brush and for stripping the brush when the latter is drawn out of the container chamber, the stem being fastened, by way of an end which is located opposite the brush, on a container head which can be positioned on the removal opening in order for the brush to be stored in the container chamber, it being the case that the container chamber is filled with a breath-freshening oral-hygiene medium into which a brush in the form of an interdental brush for cleaning the spaces between the teeth is inserted in a withdrawable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Inventors: Georg Wiegner, Hyeong Sook Kim
  • Patent number: 6217245
    Abstract: A writing instrument is manufactured in a unique manner by the application of three layers of materials which provide an overall partially transparent and iridescent glitter coated pen or pencil configuration. The main body can be of plastic or wood and has a base coat of a relatively dark colorant such as a lacquer paint applied to the barrel of the writing instrument. A layer of wood and plastic adhesive preferably of a resin-type adhesive such as polyvinyl acrylic adhesive is then applied over the base colorant coat and glitter is deposited thereon preferably at a thickness of only one glitter particle. This glitter is preferably relatively small being approximately 0.08 millimeters in particle size and is preferably electrostatically deposited onto the glue or adhesive layer prior to curing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Flying Color Toys, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda El-Fakir, Richard Ginelli, Benjamin Tao
  • Patent number: 6217242
    Abstract: A fragrant pencil and a method of making same. The pencil is made from an absorbent material which is soaked in a liquid fragrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventor: Christopher W. E. Cote
  • Patent number: 6200046
    Abstract: A chewable writing instrument. A chewable sheath attachable to a writing instrument. A chewable sheath containing writing means having a writing end and a non-writing, chewable end. The chewable sheath or combination is suitable for placement into the human oral cavity and adapted for the chewing action of the teeth, lips, gum, and tongue. A chewable sheath protects the mouth, teach, tongue, and tissue of the chewer. A chewable sheath protects the chewer. A chewable sheath protects the chewer's clothing. A chewable sheath or combination with dental hygiene conformations provides a supplement to daily dental hygiene care. A chewable sheath or combination flavored with flavoring aromatic and tasteful to the chewer enhances chewing pleasure. A chewable sheath or combination flavored with flavoring bitter and unattractively flavored to the chewer aids in breaking bad chewing habits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Inventor: Kurt Marcus Rylander
  • Patent number: 6174098
    Abstract: A pen stem structure with a decoration, including a pen stem and a transparent rod body connected with one end of the pen stem. The rod body defines a close space in which a water soluble solvent and an oily color solvent are contained. The solvents are insoluble in each other. When shaking the pen during writing, the oily color solvent is isolated from the water soluble solvent and buoys in the water soluble solvent to form various patterns so as to achieve a visually entertaining effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Inventor: Teng-Tsung Yeh
  • Patent number: 6171005
    Abstract: A calendar pen has an outer cover having multiple windows and multiple first indicators formed thereon, an inner cover rotatably received in the outer cover and having multiple rows of marks peripherally formed thereon and each corresponding to the windows and a rotator rotatably mounted on the inner cover and having a plurality of second indicators selectively aligning with the arrow of the outer cover, such that a user will have the exact date of the day by just rotating different part of the pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Inventor: Wen-Jui Kuo
  • Patent number: 6164856
    Abstract: A writing implement having a built-in illumination system includes a pen-top, a translucent pen-body, and a translucent pen-tip. A battery, an electrical switch and a lamp are housed within the pen-top so that light may be selectively generated by the lamp and directed generally along a central axis within the pen-body portion towards the pen-tip. A marking element is located within said pen-body, partially extending from said pen-tip. A lens is positioned between said lamp and said marking element so that light from the lamp is diverted away from the central axis to the pen-body which guides the received light to the pen-tip. Printed information located on the pen-body is illuminated, as well as a region located immediately adjacent to the pen-tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Excel Scientech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Peter Lo
  • Patent number: 6158914
    Abstract: A combination writing instrument and a toy which functions in one case as a writing instrument and in a second case as a toy. In the preferred embodiment, a conventional ball point pen cartridge is mounted within and projects from a base at which the cartridge is grasped by a writer. A plurality of colored disks or beads are stacked one above the other in surrounding engagement with the free end of the ball point pen cartridge. When the combination is not used in the capacity of a writing instrument, the disks and beads may be removed from the ball point pen cartridge and used as a play thing to occupy the time of the user. When the disks and beads are returned to the ball point pen cartridge, they may be arranged to form a variety of different patterns depending upon the order in which the disks and beads are stacked one above the other and the color, shape and size of the disks and beads to change the appearance of the combination and provide a puzzle-like quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Inventor: Mitchell Alan Junkins
  • Patent number: 6135661
    Abstract: A writing implement having an elongated body with a chamber inside; a removable end member on the body; an elongated rod-like removable inscribing member within the body; and, on the body, a door with a hinge edge movably attached to the body and an opening edge opposite the hinge edge which, when the door is opened, exposes the chamber inside the body and also exposes an outer edge on the body which, when the door is closed, this outer edge is adjacent to and aligned with the opening edge. The writing implement also has a removable (and thereby, replenishable) roll of paper housable in the chamber and rollably held there by the inscribing member such that as paper is needed, the door is opened, the paper is unrolled to a desired length, the door is closed, and the paper so removed from the chamber is torn at the opening edge. Serrations on the opening edge and the outer edge facilitate the tearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Roy W. Houser
  • Patent number: 6132125
    Abstract: A combination bubble blower pen includes a pen body, an upper barrel connected to a top end of the pen body and holding a solution for producing bubbles, and a bubble-blowing device for insertion into the upper barrel to take the solution for blowing bubbles, the pen body having a penholder, a tapered front socket connected to the bottom end of the penholder, a writing element holder mounted in the penholder and fixedly connected to the front socket, and a writing element inserted into the writing element holder, the upper barrel having a receptacle extended from a bottom extension rod thereof and coupled to the top open head of the writing element holder, and a bellows tube connected between a bottom end of the body thereof and the top end of the penholder for enabling the upper barrel to be moved relative to the penholder to depress the top open end of the writing element holder in propelling the writing element out of the front socket for writing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Inventor: Mon-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 6129470
    Abstract: A cap on a pen comprises a cap body, a decoration head, and decoration flaps. The cap body is cylindrical and has an internal space therein for receiving a penholder. The decoration head is made of transparent material, which has a curved outer end, and a recess seat. Each of the decoration flaps is adhered by a mark. The mark is magnified by means of a curved outer end on the decoration head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Inventor: Te-Hsiang Fang
  • Patent number: 6129473
    Abstract: A pen or the like with dual illuminating ends includes a light transmitting case, a protective seat connected to the top end of the light transmitting case, a top illuminating module mounted within the protective seat, a light transmitting moveable seat mounted at the bottom of the protective seat, a bottom illuminating module mounted within the light transmitting moveable seat, a refill mounted within the light transmitting case and urged against the moveable seat, both the structures of the top and bottom illuminating module are similar and are mounted asymmetrically. The top and bottom illuminating module includes light emitting diode, a light emitting seat, a battery, a battery seat, a metallic spring, and a metallic blocking nut to form circuit in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Inventor: Ming-Tay Shu
  • Patent number: 6123476
    Abstract: A writing implement which employs a incremental advancement mechanism and a detachable sharpener. The sharpener, in turn, carries a detachable shavings container. This writing implement finds particular application in conjunction with crayons. The various components of the present invention, and the manner in which they interrelate, will be described more fully hereinafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Inventor: Donald M. Rosenthal
  • Patent number: 6099185
    Abstract: A light pen with multicolor light sources comprise a pen holder and a pen body wherein the pen body which slips on the pen holder can generate multicolor light sources, and the pen body further comprises a multicolor Light Emitting Diode (LED), a housing, and a conductive stand wherein the LED and the conductive stand are installed respectively at both ends of the housing. By turning the knob on the conductive stand, the conductive piece therein timely contacts the positive leads of different chips of LED in order to make the multicolor LED timely generate multicolor light sources to facilitate the convenient usage of light pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Excellence Optoelectronics Inc.
    Inventors: Fang-Yue Huang, Wen-Bin Chiou, Rong-Yih Hwang
  • Patent number: 6076986
    Abstract: An assembly 10 of a writing implement 12 and a pick 13. The pick 13 is attached by a hinge 32 to a spring clip 18 for holding the writing implement 12 to a user's pocket. The hinge 32 enables the pick 13 to move between a first position where the pick is disposed in a slot in the spring clip and a second position where the pick extends outward from the slot. The pick 13 comprises a generally conically shaped body made of a polymeric material that is unlikely to injure the gums of a user and terminates in a point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventor: Robert C. Manno
  • Patent number: 6056464
    Abstract: A novelty attachment for a pen or pencil is formed as a hollow shell with sounding beads therein. The shell is formed of a hollow member with a cylindrical extension and a generally cylindrical cap member having a flange with a circular recess for receiving the cylindrical extension. The cap member has an open outer end for receiving a pen or pencil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Inventor: Wayne Cohen
  • Patent number: 6056468
    Abstract: An eraser for erasing markings on a white board has a body having a pair of arms for engaging a marker and a wiper blade connected to the body and extending therefrom to wipe along a surface of a whiteboard for removing dried ink thereon. The eraser alternatively includes different attachments as well as an embodiment where the wiper blade is made unitary with the marker. The eraser can have differing cross-sections including a longitudinal recess or hollow runner located between the arms and the wiper blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Inventor: Mitchell Niewiadomski
  • Patent number: 6050735
    Abstract: A writing implement (10) includes an integrally formed stylus tip (12) for inputting information into electronic devices. An ink cartridge style pen (10) with a push-button spring actuator (48) is modified to include an integrally formed stylus tip (12) molded into the writing end of the pen. When the ink cartridge (30) is retracted, the stylus tip (12) is available for use. However, when the ink cartridge (30) is extended, it extends beyond the stylus tip (12) for engagement with paper writing media. The pen (10) allows the operator to quickly and easily switch between writing with an ink tip cartridge (30) to input information with the stylus tip (12) without significant manipulation of the pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Ttools, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas B. Hazzard
  • Patent number: 6048121
    Abstract: An improved dry marker and eraser system includes a dry marker having a marker end for marking and a butt end opposite the marker end. The system also includes a plastic cap having an open end, a solid top spaced from the open end, and a solid sidewall between the open end and the solid top. An eraser is secured to the solid top or solid sidewall of the plastic cap. The eraser is adapted for erasing dry erase markings. The sidewall of the cap has an internal surface dimensioned to engage the marker end of the dry marker through the open end of the cap to protect the marker end from drying out when the dry marker is not in use. The cap also engages the butt end of the dry marker to store the cap when the dry marker is in use. An elongated eraser can be secured along the marker body between the marker end and the butt end of the dry marker. A clip can also securely hold a dry erase eraser to a dry marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Cliperase, L.L.C.
    Inventor: James W. Carver
  • Patent number: 6045281
    Abstract: An anti-theft attachment for a writing implement, such as a pencil or pen. The preferred anti-theft attachment comprises an adhesively attached, premanufactured front and back surface disposed on the tip or side of the writing implement. Alternative embodiments comprise flexible and rigid loops. Indicia may be provided to all embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Renae B. Bunn
    Inventors: Renae B. Bunn, Randy B. Krall, Karen Krall, Nathan Z. Korn
  • Pen
    Patent number: 6039486
    Abstract: A marking pen having a deformable tip, and adapted to apply ink or the like to a surface in a stroke of uniform width. The deformable tip has a pocket or recess in its marking surface, that allows a leading edge of the tip that is applied to a surface to be marked, to remain substantially a straight line during the marking stroke, rather than curling at its edges and producing a stroke of lesser width. A scraping blade is also provided carried by the pen, preferably by a cap for the pen. The invention is particularly useful in marking numbered zones of lottery cards, and in scraping away opaque layers for instant lottery cards or tickets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Inventor: Daniel V. Breslin
  • Patent number: 6039484
    Abstract: A writing instrument comprises a barrel provided with a tip element at the front thereof, a writing mechanism provided longitudinally movably within the barrel, a resilient element for biasing the writing mechanism backward, a knock member detachably mounted on the rear end of the writing mechanism, and a rattle-preventive means provided between a knock member and the barrel. The rattle of the knock member can be completely eliminated despite the presence of a clearance between parts such as between the knock member and the barrel or the tail crown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehei Kageyama, Yoshihide Mitsuya
  • Pen
    Patent number: 6039492
    Abstract: A pen body, a head member connected to the pen body, the head member having a recessed receiving chamber and a locating groove for securing a display item in the recessed receiving chamber, and a cover hinged to one lateral side of the head member for covering the recessed receiving chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Inventor: Wei-Chin Chen
  • Patent number: 6019535
    Abstract: An eraser is placed on or near the end of the cover of a felt tip pen. The cover is inserted into the bottom of the pen or on the bottom of the pen itself. For a tapered cover type of pen, the eraser is placed on the flat upper end. For a raised or dimple type of cover, the eraser is placed concentrically around the end away from the dimple like a girdle or belt or flat on the bottom of the pen body. On a type of pen that resembles a fountain pen, the eraser is placed on the top cover on a flat area that may be slightly angled. The eraser can also be an annular ring on the base of the pen body. The eraser can be removable from the pen or can be attached with adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Chelsea Group Ltd.
    Inventor: Patricia Turner
  • Patent number: 6004597
    Abstract: A novelty candy/pen holding device designed to provide fun and entertainment to children of all ages. The device includes a main housing comprising a hollow stretchable and bendable plastic tube or any suitable material with a hollow plastic upper housing connected with the main housing. The plastic upper housing has an aperture at the top to hold a ball point pen ink cartridge or any other writing accessory. The lower end of the main housing has a threaded end cap whereupon a threaded candy/gum reservoir is threaded to the main housing. To dispense the candy/gum from the reservoir, remove the ball point pen ink cartridge from the aperture of the hollow upper housing and tilt the reservoir so the candy/gum travels through the hollow main housing into the hollow upper housing and out the aperture at the top of the hollow upper housing into a child's hand. Replace the ball point pen ink cartridge to keep the candy/gum inside of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Inventors: Thomas J. Coleman, William K. Schlotter, IV, Princess Ann Coleman, Ann M. Schlotter
  • Patent number: 5988915
    Abstract: A novelty pencil comprises a novelty device 11 and an elongate wooden body 10 formed by a convention pencil. The body 10 of the novelty pencil has a reduced diameter portion 20 at one end, which is inserted into a tubular plastics portion 14 of the novelty device 11. A plastics model 17 of the novelty device 11 is adhered to an external surface of the tubular plastics portion 14 of the device. Accordingly, the three separate parts 10,14,17 of the novelty pencil are securely fastened together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Vogue Housewares Limited
    Inventor: William James Dermott Magill
  • Patent number: 5988913
    Abstract: In a double-chuck mechanical pencil provided with an eraser, the torsional breakage of a lead gripped by a front lead chuck and a back lead chuck due to the turning of a lead tank caused when an eraser is used is prevented, and inconvenience to a lead supplying operation caused by the abrasion of the eraser is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehei Kageyama, Shouji Anzai, Yoshihide Mitsuya
  • Patent number: 5988914
    Abstract: A writing instrument includes a tubular body, a guide sleeve, an outer sleeve, and a holder. The outer sleeve includes at least one groove on an inner surface thereof, and the guide sleeve includes at least one rib on a forward portion thereof to engage the groove of the outer sleeve. An inclined surface continuously inclining relative to the axial direction of the outer sleeve is formed at a rearward end portion of either side wall of the groove such that a width of the groove becomes wider in a direction of the rearward end. An inclined surface continuously inclining relative to the axial direction of the outer sleeve is formed at a forward end portion of either side wall of the rib such that a width of the rib becomes smaller in a direction of the forward end. An inclined angle of the inclined surface of the groove is not less than that of the inclined surface of the rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehei Kageyama, Yoshihide Mitsuya
  • Patent number: 5984558
    Abstract: The top end of a writing instrument, such as a high lighter, is pivotally attached to one end of an elongated book mark. Adjustment of the angular relationship between the instrument and book mark is retained by friction, a detent or both. When the combination is in use as a book mark, the writing instrument is at a right angle to the book mark and lies along the end of the book.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Inventor: Michael T. Diep
  • Patent number: 5967686
    Abstract: Marking instrument having a cap with a sound producing apparatus mounted therein. The sound producing apparatus includes a sound generating electronic member along with a switch and an optional button for controlling the mode of operation of the switch for determining whether the sound and/or music is generated thereby. The sound producing apparatus is retained within the cap between an intermediately positioned shoulder member and a retaining ring extending into the upper opening of the cap. The retaining ring defines an orifice through which the button member or switch means of the electronic member may extend. The retaining ring is preferably formed as a single integral member with a clip for facilitating mounting thereof with respect to the marking instrument cap to facilitate retaining of the clip member extending longitudinally along the cap of the writing instrument as well as holding the retaining ring within the opening of the cap for fixedly holding the sound producing apparatus therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Debbie Lynn, Inc.
    Inventor: Deborah L. Melnick
  • Patent number: 5961236
    Abstract: A dispenser for selectively extending and retracting a substantially stick-shaped object, comprising an outer tubular casing having an opened end, a closed end, a first chamber adjacent the opened end, and a second chamber adjacent the closed end for storing at least one spare stick-shaped object therein, the first and second chambers communicating with each other, a dispenser structure removably received in the first chamber, and a retaining mechanism for retaining the dispenser structure in the first chamber. A writing instrument of side-knock-type or side-slide-type provided with a dispenser for selectively extending and retracting a substantially stick-shaped object is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co.
    Inventor: Shuhei Kageyama
  • Patent number: 5957603
    Abstract: A support for a dry erase marker and eraser for wiping writing medium of such a marker from a writing surface includes a stopper having a load bearing end face opposite from a connector surface. The connector surface is engagable with an end of the dry erase marker which is opposite a dispenser for the wipeable marker medium. A layer of pile material is supported by the load bearing end face for wiping writing medium from the writing surface while retained and supported by the housing from a ledge forming a generally horizontal support surface protruding from a writing surface. A layer of hook material is adhered to the horizontal ledge. The layers of hook and pile material are sufficiently interconnected upon contact there between to support the dry erase marker from the ledge so that the influence of gravity acting on a dry erase marker maintains the dispenser wet with writing medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Inventor: Charles E. Bell
  • Patent number: 5957602
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wax pencil holding device formed from a main body. The main body is formed from first and second tubular portions. A thin wax pencil is adapted to be removably received within the first tubular portion of the main body. The wax pencil is dispensed and retracted via a sliding plunger. The wax pencil further includes a pencil sharpener with a frusto-conical inset portion. The pencil sharpener is removably coupled to the first end of the second tubular portion. Further included is a shaving container for storing the shavings of the wax pencil. The shaving contain is adapted to be removably coupled to the second end of the pencil sharpener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Inventor: Donald M.. Rosenthal
  • Patent number: 5951184
    Abstract: A new candy attachment for a writing instrument for allowing a user to removably mount candy to an end of a writing instrument. The inventive device includes an edible candy member having a cylindrical lower end which is frictionally inserted into the cylindrical upper hollow interior of a connector sleeve. The lower section hollow interior is shaped to frictionally hold an end of a writing instrument therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Inventor: Omar A. Sanchez
  • Patent number: 5944435
    Abstract: A mechanical pencil structure includes an elongate housing defining a receiving passage therethrough. A substantially U-shaped guiding recess is defined in the elongate housing by two side walls and a bottom wall and is located above the receiving passage. An opening is defined in the bottom wall defining the guiding recess and communicates with the receiving passage. A pencil is slidably received in the receiving passage and a control member is slidably mounted in the guiding recess and is securely engaged with one end portion of the pencil for moving the pencil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Inventor: David Ching-Her Chai
  • Patent number: 5938357
    Abstract: A postage tool has three sections: A top section contains water for moistening a stamp or envelope, a second section stores postage stamps, and a third section provides a writing instrument for addressing envelopes. The three sections fit together to form a handy tool for addressing envelopes and affixing postage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Inventor: Abdul-Razzak Faraj
  • Patent number: 5927881
    Abstract: A type of multiple-shaft pen kit, comprising a link hook joined to the top of each operating knob in the multiple-shaft pen kit. The link hook pulls an operating unit, and its position can be reset by a reset spring. The operating unit is joined with a pushing piece which is located in a housing to push on the inside of the moving unit and cause the outside of the moving unit to swing. Or it can simultaneously drive an interior moving part to move, so the various figure patterns on the interior moving part will match the through holes on the housing. Such a construction is designed to create different changing effects, adding more fun to the animated effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Inventor: Chin-Chen Yang
  • Patent number: 5927882
    Abstract: A dispenser for selectively extending and retracting a substantially stick-shaped object, comprising an outer tubular casing having an opened end, a closed end, a first chamber adjacent the opened end, and a second chamber adjacent the closed end for storing at least one spare stick-shaped object therein, the first and second chambers communicating with each other, a dispenser structure removably received in the first chamber, and a retaining mechanism for retaining the dispenser structure in the first chamber. A writing instrument of side-knock-type or side-slide-type provided with a dispenser for selectively extending and retracting a substantially stick-shaped object is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Kotobuki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuhei Kageyama
  • Patent number: 5913629
    Abstract: A stylus tip for inputting information into electronic devices is provided on the writing end of a writing implement so that the operator can quickly and easily switch between writing with an ink tip cartridge to input information with the stylus tip without significant manipulation of the pen. More specifically, the writing implement comprises an elongated body portion including a first end, a second end and an outer surface constructed and arranged to be gripped by a user. Located within an interior chamber of the body portion is a retractable ink cartridge actuated by a conventional push button/spring biased actuator. The stylus tip is preferably integrally formed with the outer surface of the first end of the body portion extending forwardly from the first end of the body portion such that the stylus tip is presented for use when the body portion is gripped by a user in a normal writing grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: ttools, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas B. Hazzard
  • Patent number: 5897266
    Abstract: A writing instrument having a removable cap with an eraser at one end, the eraser being received and retained within the cap. An air passage is provided through the cap to allow for emergency respiration should the cap be accidently swallowed. The eraser may alternatively be disposed in the writing instrument barrel with an air passage provided through the barrel and exhausting through the barrel wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Beth Robert
  • Patent number: 5893672
    Abstract: There is provided a device for recovering and dispensing the unusable portion of a pasty substance, such as that of a personal health and beauty product, that is located in the base portion of the original packaging. The device includes a casing having a closed end, an open end and a wall extending between the closed end and the open end. An extractor is associated with the casing and has a predetermined cross-section and an inner surface that cooperate to exert gripping forces to maintain a pasty substance in the extractor. There is a dispenser also associated with the casing and operable to overcome the gripping forces of the extractor to expel a pasty substance being maintained in the extractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Inventor: Deidre Kaye Erickson
  • Patent number: 5890825
    Abstract: A composite writing instrument comprising a writing instrument mechanism having a plurality of refills and a rod-like delivery mechanism, the composite writing instrument comprising middle shaft provided between a front shaft and a rear shaft, return springs having one end terminated at the middle shaft to urge the refills, respectively, backward; sliding cams mounted at rear portions of the refills and terminated at the other ends of the return springs to be urged backward, a cam body having at a front portion a cam operating portion which presses the rear end of either of the sliding cams to selectively advance the refills; a guide tube rotatably engaging the cam body and having a guide groove in the axial direction; a slider formed in the guide tube holding a rod-like article and being slidable in the axial direction along the guide groove of the guide tube, the cam body being provided with an engaging portion which engages the middle shaft so as to be slidable in the direction of the front shaft and be ro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehei Kageyama, Yoshio Noguchi, Seiichi Kobayashi, Naoki Sekuguchi
  • Patent number: 5876136
    Abstract: A writing instrument such as a mechanical pencil is provided with a brush for eliminating static electricity. The instrument is composed of a barrel and a barrel cap attached to the barrel. A base portion of the brush is fixedly received in a cylindrical protector arranged within the barrel cap. A writing element operating mechanism is arranged to operably hold a writing element such as a lead so that the writing element can be selectively extended from and retracted into the barrel. A brush operating mechanism is also arranged to hold the protector movably along a central axis of the barrel cap so that the brush can be selectively extended from and retracted into the barrel cap. A cylindrical member may preferably be fixedly secured in a rear end of the barrel cap to guide the brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Platinum Pen Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Tsutsumi, Kazuya Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 5871294
    Abstract: A felt tip pen cover with an attached eraser or a felt tip pen with an eraser on its bottom. The present invention places an eraser on or near the end of the cover that is inserted into the bottom of the pen or on the bottom of pen itself. For a tapered cover type of pen, the eraser is placed on the flat upper end. For a raised or dimple type of cover, the eraser is placed concentrically around the end away from the dimple like a girdle or belt or flat on the bottom of the pen body. On a type of pen that resembles a fountain pen, the eraser is placed on top cover on a flat area that may be slightly angled. The eraser can also be an annular ring on the base of the pen body. The addition of an eraser to a felt tip pen leads to the novel ability to erase and make corrections without having to search for a large eraser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Chelsea Group Ltd.
    Inventor: Patricia Turner
  • Patent number: 5865552
    Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly 10 of a writing implement 12 and a pick 13. The pick 13 is attached by a hinge 32 to a spring clip 18 for holding the writing implement 12 to a user's pocket. The hinge 32 enables the pick 13 to move between a first position where the pick is disposed in a slot in the spring clip and a second position where the pick extends outward from the slot. The pick 13 comprises a generally conically shaped body made of a polymeric material that is unlikely to injure the gums of a user and terminates in a point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Inventor: Robert C. Manno
  • Patent number: 5860755
    Abstract: A lipstick holder with mirror including a cylindrical housing member that has a base member with an extension tube. Included is a cylindrical cap member that is sized for removable positioning over the extension tube of the cylindrical housing. Lastly, included is a reflective member having a disk-like shape for rotatably coupling to the end wall of the cylindrical cap member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Inventor: Carole Bunk
  • Patent number: 5855442
    Abstract: A whiteboard marking pen includes an ink-containing pen casing having an ink applicator extending from a first end of the casing and a plug socket in a second end of the pen casing; a cylindrical pen cap including a socket end surrounding the ink applicator in a capped storage state and a plug first end insertible into the pen casing plug socket in a pen uncapped marking state; and a whiteboard eraser juxtaposed to a cylindrical portion of the pen cap and extending cantilevered outwardly with respect to a distal surface of the cap socket end, such that, when the pen cap is plugged into the pen casing plug socket, a peripheral edge of the cantilevered eraser is positioned for erasing a minor area of an ink image on a whiteboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Inventor: Scott A. Keller