Patent ID: 7806616

Claim:
A method of forming a writing instrument barrel, wherein the writing instrument barrel comprises a body portion, which is generally tubular, which has a hollow channel extending therethrough which includes opposed ends and openings at the opposed ends thereof and which body portion includes an inner surface, including a paint-adhering material applied to the inner surface for enabling paint to adhere thereto, and paint applied to the paint-adhering material on at least a portion of the inner surface of the body portion after the body portion is formed, by extending a brush with paint on the tip thereof through at least one of the openings in the body portion to form a painted inner surface of the body portion after the body portion is formed, wherein the method comprises: forming the body portion; and extending a brush with paint on the tip thereof through at least one of the openings formed in the body portion to form a painted inner surface of the body portion after the body portion is formed.