Patent ID: 6895888

Claim:
A telescoping container with bookmark comprising: a container forming an enclosure, said container having an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve wherein said inner sleeve slides within the outer sleeve to adjust a length of the container, said enclosure being adapted for holding writing instruments, said outer sleeve having a wall with a groove, said inner sleeve having a wall with a raised protuberance wherein said protuberance slides within said groove to prevent overextending of the sliding inner sleeve when adjusting said length of the container, said inner sleeve having a top end, said top end having an attached pivoting lid and a lid latch for securing the pivoting lid in a shut position, an elastic band attached to the top end of the inner sleeve, said elastic band having a releasable anchor at a distal end for releasably anchoring said elastic band to said outer sleeve, said elastic band forming a loop adapted to secure the container with bookmark to a spine of a book, a flexible bookmark attached to said top end of the inner sleeve adjacent said elastic band, the bookmark having a length adapted to be inserted between pages of a book, said pivoting lid including a small opening, said elastic band and said bookmark passing through said opening to be attached within said inner sleeve.