Patent ID: 7197831

Claim:
A chalk line reel comprising: a housing defining a storage space for a supply of chalk and a spool around which a supply of flexible line can be wrapped, the housing comprising a wall with a flat surface portion with a substantial area and having a fill opening therethrough in communication with the storage space; and a closure assembly for selectively a) blocking the fill opening to confine chalk in the storage space and b) exposing the fill opening to allow introduction of chalk from a supply thereof through the fill opening into the storage space, the closure assembly comprising a body that is pressed into the fill opening in the housing wall so as to substantially fully block the fill opening with the body in an operative position and repositionable from the operative position into a second position wherein the fill opening is exposed, the body having a graspable tab that can be engaged by a user to facilitate repositioning of the body from the operative position into the second position, wherein the graspable tab projects in cantilever fashion from the main portion of the body and has a length, wherein the tab is bendable from a relaxed state into a pulling state wherein the tab can be grasped and pulled to change the body from the operative position into the second position, wherein with the tab in the relaxed state, the tab length overlies and extends generally parallel to the flat surface portion over a substantial portion of the length of the tab.