Patent ID: 7310881

Claim:
An article for shaving pencils, comprising: a body member having a tapered bore for receiving a pencil, the tapered bore having a first aperture at a front end of the tapered bore with a second aperture being at a rear end of the tapered bore for enabling a user of said article to choose a length of the pencil to be shaved, the rear end of the tapered bore being an end opposite the front end of the bore; means for shaving the pencil upon a manual insertion of the pencil into the tapered bore of said body member, so that upon a subsequent withdrawal of the pencil from the tapered bore, a portion of the pencil is shaved off by said means for shaving; and, at least one ramp made of a resilient material located along a base of the tapered bore of said body member for guiding the pencil through said body member, said at least one ramp providing a sufficient and even biasing force against the pencil in one direction for ensuring that the pencil remains in contact with said means for shaving.