Device for holding writing instruments
First Claim
1. A device for holding writing instruments, comprising an elongated supporting member having a predetermined direction of elongation;
- a plurality of holding members arranged on said supporting member substantially side-by-side along the direction of elongation of said supporting member and each having at least one receptacle from receiving at least one writing instrument, each of said receptacles being elastically expandable so that a writing instrument can be introduced in said receptacle and then contractible so as to reliably retain the introduced writing instrument in said receptacle upon the contraction of said receptacle, said holding members being spaced from one another by a distance which is smaller than a size of each of said receptacles in the expanded position as considered in the direction of elongation of said supporting member, so that a writing instrument can be inserted into said receptacles but cannot be inserted into a space between said holding members.
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Abstract
A device for holding writing instruments has an elongated supporting member having a predetermined direction of elongation, a plurality of holding members arranged on the supporting member substantially side-by-side along the direction of elongation of the supporting member and each having at least one receptacle for receiving at least one writing instrument, each of the receptacles being elastically expandable so that a writing instrument can be introduced in the receptacle and then contractible so as to reliably retain the introduced writing instrument in the receptacle upon the contraction of the receptacle, the holding members being spaced from one another by a distance which is smaller than a size of each of the receptacles in the expanded position as considered in the direction of elongation of the supporting member, so that a writing instrument can be inserted into the receptacles but cannot be inserted into a space between the holding members.
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1. A device for holding writing instruments, comprising an elongated supporting member having a predetermined direction of elongation;
- a plurality of holding members arranged on said supporting member substantially side-by-side along the direction of elongation of said supporting member and each having at least one receptacle from receiving at least one writing instrument, each of said receptacles being elastically expandable so that a writing instrument can be introduced in said receptacle and then contractible so as to reliably retain the introduced writing instrument in said receptacle upon the contraction of said receptacle, said holding members being spaced from one another by a distance which is smaller than a size of each of said receptacles in the expanded position as considered in the direction of elongation of said supporting member, so that a writing instrument can be inserted into said receptacles but cannot be inserted into a space between said holding members.
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