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The disclosure relates to writing utensil devices and more particularly pertains to a new writing utensil device for enhancing the ornamental appearance of a writing utensil.
The prior art relates to writing utensil devices. The prior art discloses a scissor holder that is structured to resemble butterfly wings. The prior art discloses a pencil holder that has the structure of a four-legged mammal. Additionally, the prior art discloses a writing utensil holder that has the ornamental appearance of a ginger bread man. The prior art also discloses a variety of artificial butterflies for ornamental purposes.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing has a writing well therein to receive an elongated writing utensil. Additionally, the housing has a rod well therein. A mating member is coupled to the housing and the mating member releasably engages a support surface for storing the housing. A rod is insertable into the rod well and a pair of wings that each movably engages the rod to enhance the ornamental appearance of the writing utensil. A plurality of couplers is each coupled to a respective one of the wings. Each of the couplers movably engages the rod for retaining each of the wings on the rod.
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 mating member 30 is coupled to the housing 12 and the mating member 30 releasably engages a support surface 32 for storing the housing 12. The mating member 30 is positioned on the front surface 26 of the housing 12 and the mating member 30 extends substantially between the top end 20 and the bottom end 22. The mating member 30 may comprise a magnet, a multiple use adhesive strip or any other type of similar mating member.
A rod 34 is insertable into the rod well 18 and the rod 34 has a head 36 thereon. The head 36 has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the rod well 18 such that the head 36 inhibits the rod 34 from passing fully into the rod well 18. A pair of antennae 38 is each coupled to and extends from the head 36 on the rod 34 to give the head 36 the ornamental appearance of a butterfly head.
A pair of wings 40 is provided and each of the wings 40 movably engages the rod 34 to enhance the ornamental appearance of the writing utensil 16. Each of the wings 40 has a first edge 42 and a second edge 44, and the second edge 44 has a plurality of curves 46 and indentations 48 thereby facilitating each of the wings 40 to resemble a butterfly wing. Each of the wings 40 has indicia 50 printed thereon and the indicia 50 on each of the wings 40 comprise imagery of ornamental patterns commonly found on butterfly wings.
A plurality of couplers 52 is provided and each of the couplers 52 is coupled to a respective one of the wings 40. Each of the couplers 52 movably engages the rod 34 for retaining each of the wings 40 on the rod 34 and each of the couplers 52 is positioned on the first edge 42 of the respective wing 40. Each of the couplers 52 has a distal end 54 with respect to the first edge 42. Moreover, each of the couplers 52 is concavely arcuate between the first edge 42 and the distal end 54 thereby facilitating each of the couplers 52 to conform to the curvature of the rod 34. Each of the couplers 52 passes through the opening 28 in the rear surface 24 of the housing 12.
In use, the writing utensil 16 is inserted into the writing well 14 in the housing 12. In this way the wings 40 enhance the ornamental appearance of the writing utensil 16. Additionally, the wings 40 make the writing utensil 16 stand out from surrounding objects thereby enhancing locating the writing utensil 16. The wings 40 can be positioned at any preferred orientation on the rod 34 to enhance joy for the user of the writing utensil 16. The mating member 30 facilitates the writing utensil 16 to be stored on a support surface 32 such as a wall or a table top.
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.
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