Patent ID: 8042278

Claim:
A compass writing implement, comprising: a compass body including two compass legs having free ends and being mounted pivotably relative to one another between a closed state and a splayed-out state; a writing lead held on one of said compass legs and having a lead tip; and a protective cap fitted or to be fitted onto said free end of at least said ends of both of said compass legs for shielding and securing said compass legs from the outside in said closed state with said protective cap; said protective cap having an interior, a distal end remote from said compass body in a fitted state and a passage in said distal end for said writing lead; and said writing lead and said fitted protective cap being displaceable relative to one another between: a release state in which said lead tip of said writing lead projects through said passage to the outside, and a retention state in which said writing lead is retracted in said interior of said protective cap.