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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2016
Sanford L.p., Downers Grove, IL (US);
Prince Earl Brown, Jr., Oak Forest, IL (US);
Daniel Francis Debartolo, Jr., Chicago, IL (US);
Eliott Guy Copier, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Ejung Kim, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Mark Alan Zavada, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stefaan Van Den Broecke, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
SANFORD, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A writing instrument case includes a base having a first member and a second member rotatably attached to the first member via a hinge. A flap is attached to the base and includes at least one button adapted to fit within at least one dimple of the second member. The flap further includes a plurality of grooves, at least one groove having a knob to secure a portion of a writing instrument to the flap. The second member of the base is rotatably moveable between a closed position, in which the flap fits within the second member of the base, and an open position, in which the projection of the second member fits into the slot of the first member of the base upon rotation of the second member toward the first member, forming a locking mechanism.