Grip for a writing instrument
US6273626A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB43K23/008
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A grip for a writing instrument for mounting about a barrel of a pen or pencil. The grip includes a resilient main body, the inner circumference thereof being smaller at one section of the length of the grip than at another section of the length of the grip. Also provided is a plurality of plate-like protrusions arranged on at least a portion of the outer circumference of the main body, each plate-like protrusion radially extending from the main body, one portion of the plurality of plate-like protrusions protruding a greater amount at one location of the length of the grip than the protrusion of another portion of the plurality of plate-like protrusions at another location of the length of the grip.
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