Patent ID: 7334954

Claim:
A felt tip pen, comprising: an elongate, hollow case having a substantially linear elongate axis, the case further comprising two opposing ends; a hole in at least one end; at least one felt tip extendable and retractable from the at least one end; means for extending and retracting the at least one felt tip with a finger tip; a shaped cap fitting over a congruently-shaped nose molded onto said at least one end integrally to said case, with said hole centered on the shaped nose, said hole being substantially perpendicular to and coaxial with said axis; the shaped nose shaped according to planar geometric elements having curved peripheries, the planes of the elements being substantially perpendicular to said axis; the elements beginning at said hole and progressing along said axis away from said hole toward said opposing end, and having a progression of average diameters at first enlarging and then decreasing until the nose merges into said case; the cap being integrally hinged to one side of the nose with at least one flexible hinge and snapping over the enlarged average diameters of the elements of the nose.