Patent ID: 6932531

Claim:
A writing assembly comprising: a writing instrument having a first end with a marking point depending therefrom and a second, opposite end; a cap having a first end with a receptacle defined therein and a second end, the first end of the writing instrument disposed into the receptacle of the cap in a first, storage state and the second end of the writing instrument disposed into the receptacle of the cap in a second, operational state; and an eraser assembly separate from the cap and including a carrier and an eraser material attached to the carrier, the carrier attached to the second end of the cap, the cap and the carrier each having one of a pair of axially facing surfaces formed thereon, the axially facing surface on the cap abutting the axially facing surface on the carrier with the eraser assembly attached to the cap and the axially facing surface of the cap disposed further axially from the first end of the cap than the axially facing surface of the carrier.