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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2003
Andre Hertwig, Edingen, DE;
Wolfgang Nestlen, Dossenheim, DE;
C. Josef Lamy GmbH, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A writing implement comprising a housing ( ), a writing cartridge ( ) arranged in the housing in a movable manner, and a control unit that displaces the writing cartridge between a first position in which the cartridge tip ( ) protrudes from the housing for writing, and a second position in which the cartridge is retracted into the housing. In the first position the writing implement has a total length suitable for writing, and in the second position the writing implement is contracted. The writing implement exhibits improved handling without major structural modification, so that the writing implement can be brought into the writing position and also extended in a single hand movement. To achieve this the implement is provided with a depressor ( ) which is configured as an extension of the housing and can be actuated to move the writing cartridge between the first and second positions, and which in the first position extends out from the rear end of the housing.