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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasushi Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Colleague Iowa, Inc., Mt. Pleasant, IA (US);
Colleague Agencies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B43K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
401202 ; 24 1 / ; 401213 ; 401243 ; 401247 ;
Abstract
A removable cap of the invention is used for an elongated or writing instrument. The cap is formed of a hollow main body, a supporting member projecting laterally from a side wall of the main body, and a clip projecting from a side of the supporting member. The main body includes an end opening at one side thereof, through which the elongated instrument is removably inserted into the hollow main body. The supporting member has a through hole therein. When the cap is accidentally swallowed and held in a throat, a fluid or air path is established in the supporting member.