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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2016
Zebra Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Eriko Soejima, Tokyo, JP;
ZEBRA CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A writing utensil with a retract piece is provided, with this writing utensil being equipped with a retract piece that is provided on one end side of a shaft tube of a writing utensil body and that goes forward and assumes a projecting state by its own weight when oriented to face downward, and goes backward and assumes a retracting state by its own weight when oriented to face upward, wherein the writing utensil includes: an advancing and retreating member including the retract piece on a front end side thereof and supported to advance/retreat relative to the writing utensil body; and rolling element supported to rotate without advancing/retreating relative to the writing utensil body, and an outer circumferential face of the rolling element contacts a side face of the advancing and retreating member.