Matthew B Cole

US Patent:

8596897, Dec 3, 2013

Filed:

Oct 24, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/317580

Inventors:

Matthew Brian Cole - Quakertown PA, US

International Classification:

B43K 29/00
B43K 27/00

US Classification:

401195, 401 29

Abstract:

The functionality and design of this pen is two-fold. The first, lower component is used as a writing implement and the second, upper component is the compartment/housing unit of the lip balm cartridge. The bottom portion of the pen houses the ink cartridge and the mechanical components of the pen. The pen tip is retractable. The upper portion of the pen is the housing chamber for the lip balm. The snap-in design allows a lip balm cartridge to be loaded and unloaded from the pen. Both halves of the pen, top and bottom are connected. Twisting the pen at the union of the lower and upper components releases and retracts the pen tip. The uniqueness of this invention is its' dual usage, one as a pen and the other as a lip balm housing unit.