Retractable writing instrument
CA 1096334 A · Owner: The Gillette Company · Inventors: Malm, Curtis L.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A writing instrument includes a cam member and first and second cam follower members arranged to simultaneously project or retract upper and lower members from opposite open ends of a barrel when one barrel section is rotated about a writing instrument longitudinal axis relative to a stationary second barrel section. -2-
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted February 24, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 24, 1998.
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