Patent Application
20190232713
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The disclosure and prior art relates to marking devices and more particularly pertains to a new marking device for marking on an object or surface that is out of a user's reach.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a rod that has an adjustable length. The rod is selectively extended to reach an object that is out of a user's reach. A tube is movably pivotally coupled to the rod and the tube is selectively positionable at a selected angle with respect to the rod. The tube insertably receives a writing utensil thereby facilitating the writing utensil to write on the object that is out of reach.
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
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A handle 22 is coupled to the first end 16 of the rod 12 for gripping. The handle 22 has a primary end 24 and a secondary end 26 and the primary end 24 is coupled to the first end 16 of the rod 12. The handle 22 may be comprised of a resiliently compressible material for enhanced gripping. A swivel 28 is coupled to the rod 12 and the swivel 28 is positioned on the second end 18 of the rod 12. The swivel 28 has a pair of members 30 that are spaced apart from each other and the members 30 extend away from the second end 18.
A tube 32 is pivotally coupled to the swivel 28 such that the tube 32 is selectively positionable at a selected angle with respect to the rod 12. The tube 32 insertably receives a writing utensil 34 thereby facilitating the writing utensil 34 to write on the object 14 that is out of reach. The writing utensil 34 may be a pencil or the like and the object 14 that is out of reach may be a sheet of plywood on a wall, cabinetry that is mounted to a wall and any other elevated object. Additionally, the object 14 may be written on for construction purposes such as scribing a nail line, a cut line and any other marking related to construction.
The tube 32 has a first end 36 and a second end 38 and the first end 36 slidably receives the writing utensil 34 having the writing utensil 34 extending outwardly from the second end 38. A tab 42 extends downwardly from the tube 32 and the tab 42 is positioned between the members 30 on the swivel 28. A pin 44 extends through each of the members 30 and the tab 42 such that the tube 32 is pivotally retained on the tube 32. Each of the members 30 frictionally engages the tab 42 to releasably retain the tube 32 at the selected angle with respect to the rod 12. A screw 46 extends through the tube 32 and the screw 46 is rotatable in a first direction and a second direction. The screw 46 frictionally engages the writing utensil 34 when the screw 46 is rotated in the first direction to retain the writing utensil 34 in the tube 32. The screw 46 disengages the writing utensil 34 when the screw 46 is rotated in the second direction for removing the writing utensil 34 from the tube 32.
In use, the writing utensil 34 is positioned in the tube 32 and the screw 46 is rotated in the first direction to retain the writing utensil 34 in the tube 32. The tube 32 is positioned at a selected angle with respect to the rod 12. The rod 12 is extended to a selected length and the handle 22 is gripped. The rod 12 is manipulated to position the writing utensil 34 against the object 14 that is out of reach. Moreover, the rod 12 is manipulated to facilitate the writing utensil 34 to write on the object 14. In this way the object 14 that is out of reach is written on without the use of a ladder, a step stool and any other elevating device.
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.
