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Granted Patent B2
US 10,549,570 · App. 15/943,102 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Writing, drawing, marking and/or painting utensil or cosmetics implement or input device for contact-sensitive surfaces, and method for producing the same

Inventors: Andreas Thies (Effeltrich, DE); Markus Handfest (Brampton, CA)
Assignee: STAEDTLER MARS GMBH & CO. KG
B43K27/006A45D40/20B43K5/005B43K7/005B43K8/003B43K19/14B43K19/16B43K21/006
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Patent No.
US 10,549,570
App. No.
15/943,102
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A writing, drawing, marking and/or painting utensil or cosmetics implement or input device for contact-sensitive surfaces, wherein the utensil/implement/device includes at least one shank element made of plastics material or a plastics-containing wood substitute. The at least one shank element has a surface, or in that the at least one shank element has a surface which is sheathed in a material layer having a cover surface. The surface of the shank element or the cover surface of the material layer is in the form of a haptic and/or non-slip layer. The haptic and/or non-slip layer has a structure formed in one piece with the shank element and/or the material layer. The structure is formed by corrugation.

Claims (18)

1. A writing, drawing, marking and/or painting utensil or cosmetic implement or input device for touch-sensitive surfaces, wherein the utensil comprises at least one shaft element formed from plastic-containing wood substitute, wherein the at least one shaft element has a surface, wherein the surface of the shaft element is formed as a tactile layer, wherein the tactile layer has a corrugation in the shaft element, wherein the at least one shaft element is an extruded rod preform, wherein a plastic material fraction in the wood substitute of the shaft element is a thermoplastic.

2. The utensil according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one shaft element comprises a material layer applied by transverse extrusion.

3. The utensil according to claim 1 , wherein the surface is sheathed in a material layer made of at least one plastic material and/or the wood substitute comprising at least one plastic material, wherein the plastic material is a thermoplastic.

4. The utensil according to claim 3 , wherein the shaft element and/or the material layer are expandable.

5. The utensil according to claim 4 , wherein the expandable material layer and/or the expandable shaft element comprises hollow microbeads.

6. The utensil according to claim 1 , wherein the utensil is produced by cascade extrusion.

7. The utensil according to claim 1 , wherein the surface of the at least one shaft element is of a plastic that can be corrugated, and the plastic that can be corrugated forms the outer structured, tactile layer of the utensil.

8. The utensil according to claim 1 , wherein a deformable material layer is applied to the at least one shaft element, and the deformable material layer forms the outer structured, tactile layer.

9. The utensil according to claim 1 , wherein the utensil is a pencil or a colored pencil, and the utensil comprises at least one lead, at least one bonding agent and the at least one shaft element.

10. The utensil according to claim 1 , wherein the utensil is a fine lead pencil, and the utensil comprises at least one fine lead, at least one lead tube and the at least one shaft element.

11. The utensil according to claim 1 , wherein the utensil is a ball point pen, a fiber-tip pen or a marker, and the utensil comprises at least one paste or ink reservoir and the at least one shaft element.

12. The utensil according to claim 1 , wherein the utensil comprises the at least one shaft element and at least one compartment, the at least one shaft element has a hollow profile, a writing medium is disposed in the at least one compartment, and the at least one compartment is radially delimited by the at least one shaft element.

13. A method for producing a writing, drawing, marking and/or painting utensil or cosmetic implement or input device for touch-sensitive surfaces according to claim 1 , comprising the steps of:

cascade extrusion, wherein a bare pencil, having a lead, optional bonding agent and a shaft element made of a plastic-containing wood substitute, is extruded into a rod preform; and

expanding or deforming the shaft element into or through cavities of a corrugator.

14. A method for the production of a writing, drawing, marking and/or painting utensil or cosmetic implement or input device for touch-sensitive surfaces according to claim 1 , comprising the steps of:

extruding of a shaft body in the form of a hollow profile into a rod preform made of a plastic-containing wood substitute,

expanding or deforming a material layer into or through cavities of a corrugator.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2023
From: STAEDTLER MARS GMBH & CO. KG
To: STAEDTLER SE
Reel/Frame 065678/0156 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2018
From: THIES, ANDREAS; HANDFEST, MARKUS
To: STAEDTLER MARS GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 045412/0751 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 010 308 · Jul 2, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15323293
Related Publication 20180222244A1 · Aug 9, 2018