Patent ID: 8405643
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: B43K,G06F

Abstract:
1. A stylus, comprising: a housing having a receptacle defined therethrough and two opposite blocks protruding from an inner surface thereof; a stylus body accommodated in the receptacle and located at one end of the housing, the stylus body having two opposite arms located at one end thereof and spaced from an inner surface of the receptacle, each arm having a protrusion protruding therefrom; a latching element mounted in the receptacle and spaced apart from the stylus body, the latching element having two opposite latching cantilevers and two opposite retaining cantilevers, the latching cantilevers alternating with and spaced apart from the retaining cantilevers, each latching cantilever having a rib protruding therefrom, each retaining cantilever having a retaining recess recessed from one side thereof facing away from another retaining cantilever, the retaining recesses engaging with the blocks to latch the latching element to the housing; and a shell slidably accommodated in the receptacle and having two opposite latching slots defined therein, the latching slots selectively latch with the protrusions to hold the stylus in a retracted state and latch with the ribs to hold the stylus in an extended state.