Patent ID: 6402409
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B43K

Abstract:
A writing implement comprising:a hollow tube body having an end portion, a hollow inside formed inside said end portion, and an opening formed on a distal end of said end portion and communicating with both said hollow inside and an outside of said hollow body, said opening having a first diameter less than a second diameter of said end portion; a writing stem disposed within said hollow inside, having a tip formed on one end of said writing stem, said tip of said writing stem moving to a first position for protruding from said hollow tube body through said opening and a second position for retracting from said outside of said hollow tube body toward said hollow inside of said hollow tube body through said opening; and a tip protecting member made of an elastomeric material and having a head unit disposed within said hollow inside to cover said tip of said writing stem and a grip unit extended from said head unit and protruding from said hollow tube body through said opening and exposed to said outside of said body for allowing a user to grip said grip unit so as to pull said tip protecting member out from said end portion of said body through said opening.