Patent ID: 7261484
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: B26D,B43K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A loss prevention device for pens comprising: a pen having an exterior shell, an interior volume and a writing device housed within said exterior shell, said exterior shell being free of openings therethrough excepting an opening for said writing device to extend out and through; a loss prevention device mounted within said exterior shell of said pen, said loss-prevention device including; said gravity-actuated position sensing switch in operative connection with said audio-generating programmable electronic device such that upon said pen being placed in a generally horizontal position, said ball bearing completes the circuit between said outer and inner cylinders thereby triggering said audio-generating programmable electronic device to output an audio signal to said loudspeaker means which outputs sound to and through said exterior shell of said pen thereby signaling that said pen is oriented in a generally horizontal position.