Coating implements with material supply – With means to support or stabilize implement when not in use
Reexamination Certificate
2001-03-07
2001-10-23
Maust, Timothy L. (Department: 3751)
Coating implements with material supply
With means to support or stabilize implement when not in use
C401S098000, C015S435000, C206S214000, C211S069100, C211S069500, C248S683000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06305864
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a new and improved writing implement support system and more particularly pertains to releasably positioning a writing implement with respect to a recipient surface.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of other known methods and apparatuses for supporting writing implements is known in the prior art. More specifically, other known methods and apparatuses for supporting writing implements previously devised and utilized for the purpose of positioning a writing implement to a recipient surface are known to consist basically of familiar, expected, and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which has been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. Des 377,193 to Takemura discloses a writing instrument and holder. U.S. Pat. No. 6,019,535 to Turner discloses a felt tip pen cover with eraser. United States Patent Number Des. 349,924 to Fisch discloses a combined pen and flag.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe new and improved writing implement support system that allows releasably positioning a writing implement with respect to a recipient surface.
In this respect, the new and improved writing implement support system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of releasably positioning a writing implement with respect to a recipient surface.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved new and improved writing implement support system which can be used for releasably positioning a writing implement with respect to a recipient surface. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the other known methods and apparatuses for support writing implements now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new and improved writing implement support system. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved writing implement support system and method which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a new and improved writing implement support system for releasably positioning a writing implement with respect to a recipient surface. The system comprises, in combination, a suction cup, a connector and a capped writing implement. The suction cup is fabricated of a flexible resilient elastomeric material and has a generally hemispherical shape. The internal radius of the suction cup is between about 1.0 and 2.0 inches. The cup comprises an inner concave surface and an outer convex surface with a circumferential circular edge there between. The suction cup has a center with a central axis there through. It is configured to be received on a generally flat and generally smooth recipient surface. The suction cup is configured to be compressed against the recipient surface to form a first bond having a holding force of an intermediate magnitude for retaining the suction cup adherent to the recipient surface during normal operation and use. Next is to provide a round, hollow, cylindrically shaped connector which is fabricated of a flexible resilient elastomeric material. The connector has an upper end and a lower end. The connector is located on the outer convex surface of the suction cup at the center of the convex surface. The longitudinal axis of the connector is aligned along the central axis of the suction cup. The connector has an internal surface and an external surface with an edge there between which forms a receiving aperture at the upper end. The connector has an axial length from the convex surface outwardly of between about 0.75 and 1.50 inches. The connector aperture has an open cross sectional internal diameter of between about 0.25 and 0.50 inches. Next provided is a writing implement. The writing implement has a writing end and a non-writing end. There is also a generally round cylindrical external gripping surface between the ends. Lastly there is provided a writing implement cap. The cap is fabricated of a generally rigid material, preferably a plastic. It has an internal cylindrical surface which is sized to receive and mate with and accommodate the external surface of the writing implement at the writing end. The coupling of the implement and the cap forms a second bond having a holding force of a weak magnitude for retaining the cap in position coupled with the writing implement. The cap also is configured and capable of being receivably accepted into, and securely held within, the internal diameter of the receiving aperture of the connector. The insertion of the cap into the connector forms a third bond having a holding force of a strong magnitude for securely retaining the cap within the connector during normal operation and use.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims attached.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of descriptions and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved writing implement support system which has all of the advantages of the prior art other known methods and apparatuses and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved writing implement support system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved writing implement support system which is of durable and reliable constructions.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved writing implement support system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such new and improved writing implement support system economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved writing implement support system for releasably positioning a writing implement with respect to a recipient surface.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a writing implement support system for releasably positioning a writing implement with respect to a recipient surface. The system comprises a suct
Maust Timothy L.
Prunner Kathleen J.
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