Patent ID: 6782632
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
A combined pen and caliper system comprising:a pen device having a pen barrel, an elongated pen refill, a pen tip, and a nib, wherein the pen barrel is hollow and has a fore end which holds the pen tip and an aft end which is open and houses the elongated pen refill, and the pen tip secures the nib through which ink is delivered from the pen to the writing surface, a caliper device having a support element and a first and second caliper arm wherein each of the first and second caliper arms has a pointed tip end and a pivot end, the first and second caliper arms are rotatably joined to the support element at their pivot ends, and the caliper device has a closed position wherein the pointed tip ends of the first and second caliper arms are substantially touching, wherein the caliper device in the closed position fits snugly and removably with the pointed tip ends of the caliper device facing into the pen barrel in the hollow portion of the aft end of the pen barrel adjacent to the pen refill for temporary removable storage so that the caliper device is completely removable from the aft end of the pen barrel and the writing instrument and the caliper device can be employed in parallel, allowing the user to make written notations with the writing instrument while simultaneously making measurements with the caliper device.