Patent ID: 7766571

Claim:
An accessory for a writing implement, including: a tubular body having at least one open end having an internal thread for engagement with an externally threaded portion of a retaining means; the retaining means comprising a sleeve having an internal passage to accept axial insertion of the implement and having at least one tab described by a split in the sleeve around three sides of said tab, said split being longer than a distance directly between ends of said split and said at least one tab having an externally threaded portion defined on an outer face of the tab that is bound by said three sides of the tab, said externally threaded portion having a taper relative to said internal thread of the tubular body; wherein said split permits the said at least one tab to flexion across an area between the ends of the split to move the externally threaded portion inwardly; and wherein threadably engaging the retaining means with the tubular body flexions the at least one tab, moving the tab and the externally threaded portion thereon inwardly to press the at least one tab against the implement and retain the implement in the retaining means.