Patent ID: 8032966
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: B43K,B43L

Abstract:
1. A hand-gripable dry erase marker carrier for simultaneously holding a plurality of dry erase markers and an eraser, the carrier comprising: a monolithically formed hand-gripable support element having an upper surface for receiving a plurality of marker-tip receiving structures, which project upward and perpendicular to said upper surface, said hand-gripable support element also including vertically extending side walls that project downward from side surfaces of said upper surface forming a cavity therein for receiving the eraser, said vertically extending side walls being formed from two short parallel side walls, which extend along an entire width of said hand-gripable support element and two long parallel side walls, which extend along an entire length of said hand-gripable support element, said eraser being formed from two short parallel side walls, two long parallel side walls, and includes a lip that projects outwardly from said walls for engagement with bottom surfaces of said vertically extending side walls thereby allowing the eraser to fit within said cavity, said plurality of marker-tip receiving structures are adapted for holding said plurality of dry erase markers simultaneously, each of said plurality of dry erase markers extend upward from said marker-tip receiving structures, respectively, said upper surface of said hand-gripable support element supporting each of said marker-tip receiving structures, wherein spacing between said marker-tip receiving structures being chosen to comfortably allow a typical-sized finger to pass between any pair of adjacent marker-tip receiving structures while said dry erase marker carrier is gripped by a user and wherein each marker-tip receiving structure serves as a cap to protect a tip of a dry erase marker from drying.