Patent ID: 8899857

Claim:
A pivotal manipulation type writing instrument comprising: a container main body; writing elements arranged in the container main body so as to be ejectable from or retractable into the container main body; sliders movably arranged in the container main body and mounted to the writing elements so as to be movable together with the writing elements; biasing elements configured to urge the writing elements to be retracted into the container main body; a pivotable body that is pivotable relative to the container main body; and a writing element ejecting unit configured to actuate and move any one of the sliders in a direction in which a corresponding writing element is ejected from the container main body as the pivotable body is pivoted, the pivotable body being adapted to be pivotable relative to the container main body by 360° in either left or right direction, and the writing element being allowed to return to a retracted state in which the writing element is retracted into the container main body from an ejected state in which the writing element is ejected from the container main body, by moving the pivotable body in either left or right direction.