Device for holding writing instruments
US5437399A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 23, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA45F5/1566
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A device for holding writing instruments has an elongated supporting member having a predetermined direction of elongation, a plurality of holding members arranged on the supporting member substantially side-by-side along the direction of elongation of the supporting member and each having at least one receptacle for receiving at least one writing instrument, each of the receptacles being elastically expandable so that a writing instrument can be introduced in the receptacle and then contractible so as to reliably retain the introduced writing instrument in the receptacle upon the contraction of the receptacle, the holding members being spaced from one another by a distance which is smaller than a size of each of the receptacles in the expanded position as considered in the direction of elongation of the supporting member, so that a writing instrument can be inserted into the receptacles but cannot be inserted into a space between the holding members.
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