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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
William P Dowst, Reading, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Gillette Company, Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B43K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
401209 ; 401-6 ; 401207 ; 401214 ; 401216 ;
Abstract
A writing instrument having an elongated barrel comprised of an outer portion and an inner portion, rotatable relative one to the other. The point or writing tip is fixed to the barrel inner portion, disposed at an angle to, and may be offset from, the centerline of the barrel outer portion. The barrel inner portion is caused to rotate relative to the barrel outer portion by pressure on the writing instrument or weights attached to the barrel inner portion to bring the point into desired alignment during the writing process.