Removable eraser for a pencil

• US 7,730,578 B1
• Filed: 12/15/2008
• Issued: 06/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Andrew Curren
• Original Assignee: Andrew Curren
• Inventors: Curren, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Spisich; Mark
• Application Number:
  US12/335,343
• Publication Number:
  US 20100146731A1
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• Field of Search: 15424-434
• US Class Current: 15/427
• CPC Class Codes: B43K 29/02 with rubbers
• CPC Class Codes: B43L 19/00 Erasers, rubbers, or erasing devices; Holders therefor rubbers or erasing knives combined with writing implements B43K29/02, B43K29/18

Abstract

An eraser to cap a pencil includes a top and a base, with a projection extending between them. The projection helps to secure the top and base together by fitting into and filling a mating cavity within either or both of the top and base. The base has a cavity open at the bottom of the base, sized and shaped to receive the used or unused portion of an original pencil eraser, if any, and the ferrule on the pencil.

Claims

1. A pencil eraser comprising:

a top composed of eraser material;

a base composed of eraser material, the base having a cavity open at a bottom of the base; and

a projection extending between the base and the top securing them together;

wherein one of the top and base has a second cavity that is sized and shaped to receive the projection on the other of the top and base, and wherein the projection and cavity are both T-shaped in cross-section.

2. The pencil eraser of claim 1 wherein the base is generally cylindrical.

3. The pencil eraser of claim 1 wherein the top has a first diameter and the base has a second diameter, and the first diameter is less than the second diameter.

4. The pencil eraser of claim 1 wherein the projection is integral with the base.

5. The pencil eraser of claim 1 wherein the projection is integral with the top.

6. A pencil eraser comprising:

a top composed of eraser material, the top having a cavity formed in a first end of the top;

a base composed of eraser material formed separately from the top, the base having a cavity in a first end and a projection extending from a second end, the projection sized and shaped to mate with the cavity in the top, and

wherein the cavity in the base is sized and shaped to mate with a pencil top; and

wherein the cavity in the top and the projection each have a generally T-shaped cross section.

7. The pencil eraser of claim 6 wherein the top is a first color and the base is a second color.