Optics: eye examining – vision testing and correcting – Spectacles and eyeglasses – Combined
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-26
2001-10-23
Mai, Huy (Department: 2873)
Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting
Spectacles and eyeglasses
Combined
C206S005000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06305799
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a pen for receiving eyeglasses, more particularly a pen with a lateral opening to permit access to the interior of the pen from a lateral side thereof for easy storage of a pair of eyeglasses therein.
2. Description of the Related Art
Many people wear eyeglasses only on certain occasions. For instance, people suffering from presbyopia usually wear eyeglasses only for reading and close work, such as writing. Manufacturers have therefore developed a type of pen that has a receiving space for storing a pair of eyeglasses.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,929,967 teaches a pen for receiving eyeglasses, which includes a hollow pen barrel having a first open end and a second open end. The first open end is provided with a writing tip unit, while the second open end has a removable cap mounted pivotally thereon to allow access to an interior of the pen barrel for storage of a pair of eyeglasses from the rear end of the pen. Since the eyeglasses are inserted into the pen barrel via the rear end of the pen, the rear end of the pen, as well as relevant portions of the pen barrel, has to have a sufficiently large diameter for passage of the eyeglasses. As such, the design of the shape of the pen is somewhat restricted. Hence, conventional pens for receiving eyeglasses are generally cylindrical or tubular. In addition, mounting of an additional accessory, such as a flashlight, eraser, etc., to the rear end of the pen is not possible.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, the main object of the present invention is to provide a pen for receiving eyeglasses to overcome the aforesaid drawbacks.
Accordingly, a pen of the present invention includes a casing and a writing tip. The casing includes an elongated first casing half and a second casing half. The first casing half defines an interior chamber that is adapted to receive a pair of eyeglasses therein, and has a front end, a rear end, and an opening that is formed between the front and rear ends, and that is adapted to permit movement of the eyeglasses into the interior chamber therethrough. The second casing half has a mounting side mounted pivotally on the first casing half between the front and rear ends, and a free side resting on the first casing half so that the second casing half covers the opening in the first casing half. The free side is rotatable away from the opening so as to be adapted to permit passage of the eyeglasses through the opening, and is retained releaseably on the first casing half. The writing tip is attached to the front end of the first casing half.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5430503 (1995-07-01), Colitz, Jr.
patent: 5929967 (1999-07-01), Conner
patent: 6145986 (2000-11-01), Conner
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
Mai Huy
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