Patent Application
20250128537
The disclosure relates to pen holders and more particularly pertains to a new pen holder for pen holder for mounting a pen or other writing implement to a wall.
The prior art describes myriad pen holders but fails to describe a pen holder having an adhesive for mounting to a wall, a hole for receiving a writing implement, and a stabilizer spaced from the hole for retaining the writing implement in the hole.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base with a front surface, a rear surface, and a perimeter surface, the perimeter surface extending from the front surface to the rear surface. A receiver is coupled to and extends away from the front surface of the base. The receiver defines a hole which extends through a top side and a bottom side of the receiver. The hole also has a size such that the hole is configured to receive the writing implement. A stabilizer is coupled to and extends away from the front surface of the base and is spaced from the receiver. A recessed surface of the stabilizer faces away from the base and extends between a pair of lateral portions of the stabilizer. The pair of lateral portions is configured to prevent a movement of the writing implement away from the central axis of the hole.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A receiver 24 is coupled to and extends away from the front surface 14 of the base 12. The receiver 24 defines a hole 26 which extends through a top side 28 and a bottom side 30 of the receiver 24. The hole 26 has a size such that the hole 26 is configured to receive a writing implement 52, such as a pen, a wood pencil, a mechanical pencil, or the like. The top side 28 of the receiver 24 is configured to support a clip 54 of the writing implement 52, but the receiver 24 may also engage the writing implement 52 via friction. The top side 28 may also support other parts of the writing implement 52 such as an outwardly protruding wall, a ferrule, or the like.
A central axis of the hole 26 is oriented parallel to the front surface 14 of the base 12. The hole 26 has a circular cross section taken perpendicular to the central axis with a diameter that is uniform between the top side 28 and the bottom side 30 of the receiver 24. A front side 32 of the receiver 24 is convexly arcuate and extends between a pair of lateral sides 34 of the receiver 24. The front side 32 is positioned concentrically to the hole 26, and each lateral side 34 of the pair of lateral sides 34 is oriented perpendicularly to the front surface 14 of the base 12.
A stabilizer 36 is coupled to and extends away from the front surface 14 of the base 12. The stabilizer 36 is spaced from the receiver 24 and is positioned between the receiver 24 and a top end 20 of the base 12. In other embodiments, the stabilizer 36 may be positioned between the receiver 24 and a bottom end 22 of the base 12. A recessed surface 38 of the stabilizer 36 faces away from the base 12 and extends between a pair of lateral portions 40 of the stabilizer 36. The pair of lateral portions 40 is configured to prevent a movement of the writing implement 52 away from the central axis of the hole 26. A central portion 42 of the stabilizer 36 may also prevent the movement of the writing implement 52 away from the central axis of the hole 26.
The recessed surface 38 is concavely arcuate and is positioned concentrically to the hole 26 of the receiver 24. The recessed surface 38 tapers inwardly between an upper side 44 and a lower side 46 of the stabilizer 36. A tapering angle of the recessed surface 38 from the central axis of the hole 26 is between 4.0 degrees and 6.0 degrees.
An adhesive 48 is coupled to the back surface of the base 12 so that the base 12 may be adhered to a wall 56. A release liner 50 is removably coupled to the adhesive 48. In other embodiments, the base 12 may be attached to the wall 56 using threaded fasteners, clip 54s, or the like, or the base 12 may be integrally formed with the wall 56.
In one embodiment of the present invention, as depicted in
In reference to
In use, the release liner 50 is removed from the adhesive 48 and the base 12 is bonded to the wall 56 via the adhesive 48. The writing implement 52 is inserted through the hole 26 of the receiver 24 and positioned against the recessed surface 38 of the stabilizer 36. The clip 54 of the writing implement 52 rests on the top side 28 of the receiver 24. The stabilizer 36 and the receiver 24 thereby cooperatively support the writing implement 52 in alignment with the center axis of the hole 26.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
