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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2007
David C. Brower, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Selcuk S. Eren, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robert J. Heider, Durham, NC (US);
Dean F. Herring, Youngsville, NC (US);
Leo P. Richard, Raleigh, NC (US);
Craig W. Turner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Philip M. Woodward, Cary, NC (US);
David C. Brower, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Selcuk S. Eren, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robert J. Heider, Durham, NC (US);
Dean F. Herring, Youngsville, NC (US);
Leo P. Richard, Raleigh, NC (US);
Craig W. Turner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Philip M. Woodward, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A pen retention bracket for releasably securing a pen tether retracting reel therein is disclosed. The pen retention bracket includes four surfaces that define a rectangular cavity having four sides and a top opening and a bottom opening. A first protrusion and a second protrusion are disposed upon a first surface and extend from the first surface toward a second surface, a distance between the first protrusion and the second protrusion greater than a height of the pen tether retracting reel. The first surface is responsive to an application of force to the pen tether retracting reel to elastically deform and increase a depth between the second surface and at least one of the first protrusion and the second , thereby releasing the pen tether retracting reel via either of the top opening and the bottom opening.