Patent ID: 11897280
Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A chalk box comprising:
a housing having an aperture;
a reel assembly enclosed within the housing;
a string having a first end operably coupled to an end hook and configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and having a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly;
a chalk reservoir in which the string is retained or through which the string passes prior to extending out of the aperture; and
a seating assembly configured to extend around at least fifty percent of a length or volume of the end hook when the string is fully withdrawn into the housing,
wherein the seating assembly comprises a substrate and an overmold portion, the overmold portion including two opposing sides separated by a recessed area at which the substrate is exposed.