Patent ID: 6390641
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B43K

Abstract:
A light emitting pen comprising:(a) a pen body extending longitudinally between first and second end portions thereof; (b) a battery housed within said pen body; (c) a switch coupled to said first end portion of said pen body for selectively setting a plurality of predefined light emitting states; (d) an annular seat coupled to said second end portion of said pen body; (e) a circuit board coupled to said seat and electrically coupled to said battery and said switch, said circuit board having first and second opposed sides; (f) a plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to at least one of said first and second circuit board sides, said light emitting diodes being actuable responsive to the selection of at least one of said predefined light emitting states to generate an optical signal corresponding thereto; and, (g) a transparent telescopic head coupled to said seat for transmitting said optical signal generated by said light emitting diodes.