Patent ID: 6491465
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: B43K

Abstract:
A writing implement comprising:a shaft; a refill having a writing tip and displaceable co-axially in the shaft; a resilient restoring member acting between the shaft and the refill; a shifting mechanism and a push member associated with the shifting mechanism, the shifting mechanism being actuable by the push member for displacing the refill and the writing tip into a writing position against action of the restoring member and which, upon repeated actuation, is displaced and returned to a rest position, the push member co-operating with and moving the shifting mechanism and the refill axially in the shaft and refill; an actuating lever projecting from the shaft, remote from the writing tip, and pivoting with respect to the shaft, the actuating lever acting upon a side of the push member remote from the shifting mechanism, and converting the pivoting of the actuating lever into axial movement of the push member; and a resiliently deformable cover enclosing the actuating lever projecting from the shaft.