Patent ID: 7980387

Claim:
A case for storing a plurality of writing implements, the case comprising: a base having a floor with a cylindrical wall depending upwardly therefrom; an inner carousel having a floor with a cylindrical wall depending upwardly therefrom, the inner carousel being operably configured to be slidably received within the base and slideably and telescopically movable from a first storage position to a second expanded position, wherein the inner carousel and the base maintain a slideable engagement formed by a guide on an inner surface of the cylindrical wall of the base and a notch in an outer perimeter of the floor of the inner carousel; a top carousel having a floor and a block member extending upwardly therefrom, the top carousel operably configured to be slidably received within the inner carousel, and movable from a first storage position to a second expanded position, the top carousel including a lid having a pair of covers that are rotatably mounted to the block member at an end opposite to the floor and the lid being slidably received on the cylindrical wall of the base; and a lock-stop mechanism, the lock-stop mechanism being adapted to lock the inner carousel with respect to the base when the inner carousel is in the second expanded position.