Coating implements with material supply – With means to support or stabilize implement when not in use
Reexamination Certificate
2003-06-30
2004-08-10
Walczak, David J. (Department: 3751)
Coating implements with material supply
With means to support or stabilize implement when not in use
C401S195000, CD19S042000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06773188
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to arts and crafts and, more specifically, to a pen holder being a decorative design. The pen holder of the present invention is comprised of a pen holder in the form of a potted plant having a housing resembling a plant pot having a filler supporting a potted plant material such as pebbles with a socket extending into said filler forming a cavity for the insertion therein of a pen. The pen has a decorative element on one distal end in the form of vegetation, such as a flower with the pen barrel forming the stalk of the decorative element. When housed the decorative element of the present invention appears to be a potted plant. The pen and decorative element can be removed and the pen retaining its normal function of a writing instrument. The cavity has a wall conforming substantially to the shape and diameter of the writing instrument whereby the cavity wall engages and suspends the tip of the pen from engaging the pit of the cavity which prevents damage to the writing instrument tip and also retards the drying out process of the ink tip due to the cavity wall engaging the barrel of the writing instrument forming a substantially sealed enclosure for the writing instrument tip.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There are other pen holder device designed for holding or partially housing a writing instrument. Typical of these is U.S. Pat. No. 64,610 issued to Wilets on May 7, 1867.
Another patent was issued to Faber on Aug. 7, 1923 as U.S. Pat. No. 1,463,805. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 1,620,529 was issued to Ferris on Mar. 8, 1927 and still yet another was issued on Jan. 26, 1932 to Kovacs as U.S. Pat. No. 1,842,677.
Another patent was issued to Kahn on Mar. 7, 1939 as U.S. Pat. No. 2,150,065. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 3,570,284 was issued to Hendricks on Mar. 16, 1971. Another was issued to Ayers on May 25, 1982 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,331,721 and still yet another was issued on Jul. 7, 1987 to Leahan as U.S. Pat. No. 4,678,206.
Another patent was issued to Lee on Jan. 15, 1991 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,984,379. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 5,123,548 was issued to Milne on Jun. 23, 1992. Another was issued to Wang on Nov. 24, 1998 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,839,712 and still yet another was issued on Jan. 2, 2001 to Berman as U.S. Pat. No. 6,167,596.
U.S. Pat. No. 64,610
Inventor: E. P. Wilets
Issued: May 7, 1867
Disclosed is a rack for holding and suspending whips and other articles, consisting of one or more plates of wood, or other suitable material, in which a series or orifices or perforations is formed, combined with a correspondingly perforated sheet of rubber, or other elastic substances.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,463,805
Inventor: L. W. Faber
Issued: Aug. 7, 1923
The invention is a display stand of the character described, and including a base, a block forming a top piece, supporting means to hold the base and top piece in open spaced relation, said top piece being provided with the transverse opening of a diameter to freely receive an article to be mounted in said stand and of a length to prevent tilting of said article therein, said openig being adapted to receive an article and support the same with one end thereof resting on the base.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,620,529
Iventor: William I. Ferris
Issued: Mar. 8, 1927
The invention discloses a stand for a fountain pen comprising a recess adapted to receive an end of a fountain pen, the wall of said recess being formed with a groove adapted to receive the pen clip.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,842,677
Inventor: Theodor Kovacs
Issued: Jan. 26, 1932
In combination with a pen having a screw-thread on its pen section and an irretractable nib, a protector having a central bore adapted to receive said nib and the pen section of said pen; a shoulder in this bore adapted to bear against the front edge of this pen section, the diagonal distance of the operative front edge of the protector from this shoulder being longer than the diagonal distance of this pen point from the front edge of this screw-thread, the longitudinal section of the protector being such in size and shape in relation to the transverse dimensions of said pen and said nib that the distance from the axis of the protector to the nib point is smaller than the inner radius of the shoulder when the outer edge of the pen section and the front edge of its screw-thread, on its opposite side touch, the inner surface of the bore of the protector, the nib point being at this time within the opening of the shoulder.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,150,065
Inventor: David Kahn
Issued: Mar. 7, 1939
The invention is a simulated ball and socket joint including a socket member and a ball member having a ball end mounted in said socket, both the ball and socket being provided with the serrations forming overlapping interlocking portions whereby the ball is held immovably in the socket.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,570,284
Inventor: Grover E. Hendricks
Issued: Mar. 16, 1971
In a writing pen having a first and second barrel members which house an ink cartridge, said first barrel member having a longitudinal bore therein defined by a tubular wall and an end wall, the inner surface of said tubular wall having a recess therein, said second barrel member having a longitudinal bore therethrough and including an insert part slidably received within the longitudinal bore in said first barrel member, said insert part having a lateral bore therein which communicates with the longitudinal bore in said second barrel member and which registers with the recess in said first barrel member, a lock member slidably received within the longitudinal bore in said second barrel member, said lock member having a recess therein and being shiftable between a lock position wherein its said recess is spaced from said lateral bore and a release position wherein its said recess is positioned in registry with said lateral bore, a detent disposed within said lateral bore and engaging said insert part, said detent having a portion which projects into the recess in said first barrel member when said lock member is positioned in its lock position, said ink cartridge engaging said lock member to urge said lock member into its lock position.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,331,721
Inventor: Anne L. Ayers
Issued: May 25, 1982
A decorative holder for an implement such as a pen, pencil, or thermometer comprising an interwoven base portion including a series of substantially concentric tiers of loops and supporting means for supporting the implement. The holder is made by a method which substantially conceals the intersections of the strand of pliant material from which the base portion is formed to provide a holder having a neat and decorative appearance.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,678,206
Inventor: Daniel P. Leahan
Issued: Jul. 7, 1987
The present invention relates to a combination note pad and pen holder with the pad being formed in the shape of an open flower blossom the pad being adhered to a base member having the same flower shaped peripheral design. The base also includes a depending writing implement receptacle with both the depending receptacle and the writing instrument serving to appear as the stem of the flower.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,984,379
Inventor: Victor Lee
Issued: Jan. 15, 1991
A writing instument is disclosed having a display flag attached to an internal pen holder such that the flag may be displayed either by pulling it laterally through any elongated opening in an external pen holder, or by axially extending the internal pen holder from the external pen holder. A positioning block attached to the internal pen holder limits the relatively axial sliding movement between the internal and external pen holders to prevent the user from completely pulling the internal pen holder from the external pen holder. The writing instrument may also be placed in a base such that the flag may be displayed while the base rests on a desk, table, or the like.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,123,548
Inventor: Alexander P. Milne
Issued: Jun. 23, 1992
A writing implement holder to attach to a surface. The holder includes a base to be attached to the surface an
Kroll Michael I
Walczak David J.
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