Patent ID: 6681933
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
A case for holding writing utensils comprising:a body including an outer surface and a retaining surface, the outer surface of the body configured for placement on a substantially horizontal surface, the retaining surface having at least one first recess at a first angle and configured to frictionally retain a portion of a writing utensil at the first angle such that an end portion of the writing utensil obliquely extends from the retaining surface and a portion of the writing utensil is closely adjacent to the bottom; wherein the retaining surface has at least one second recess at a second angle and configured to frictionally retain a portion of a writing utensil at the second angle, and the second angle is not equal to the first angle; wherein the at least one first recess is positioned adjacent to the at least one second recess such that a first plane vertically extending through a longitudinal axis of the first recess is substantially parallel to a second plane vertically extending through a longitudinal axis of the second recess, when the outer surface of the body is placed on a substantially horizontal surface; and wherein the first recess and the second recess include an engagement surface for frictionally retaining a portion of a writing utensil along a first axis having the first angle and a second axis having the second angle, wherein the engagement surfaces at least partially overlap along an axis perpendicular to the first and second axis.