A handheld implement having a shaft with two shaft parts which are releasably connectable together via a plug-in coupling, with a coupling unit at each front end of the shaft parts. Each coupling unit has a slide held in a guide hole open on a face side in the associated shaft part and protrudes beyond the guide hole with a slide portion, the free end of which is formed as a latching fork that has a latching opening. The slide portion bears a latching protrusion behind the latching fork in the sliding direction. The coupling unit has a guide sleeve that encloses the slide and is guided into the guide hole counter to a restoring force, and when the front ends, having the coupling units, of the shaft parts are pressed together, the latching fork of one coupling unit is latchable on the latching protrusion of the other coupling unit.

A writing, drawing, marking and/or cosmetic device, wherein the device includes at least one shaft and at least one inner body, wherein the at least one shaft is formed from concrete-containing material. The shaft at least partially surrounds the inner body. In the installation position the shaft is secured in an axial direction against axial displacement by a closing cover and a front part and a prestress is formed in the shaft in the axial direction via the closing cover and the front part.

A single-use surgical marking pen assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises a housing configured to at least partially receive an elongated member having a first end and a second end. The first end is attached to an ink cartridge terminating in an ink tip while the second end is engaged with a stopper. A plunger end is configured to selectively retract the ink tip into the interior cavity of the housing via the elongated member. A circumferential band is configured to releasably engage with a cap configured to conceal the ink tip when engaged with the circumferential band. A stoppage is positioned on an interior surface of the housing to restrict the movement of the stopper, the restricted movement of the stopper prohibits the extension of the ink tip.

A marking instrument having a plurality of removable writing nibs serially aligned so that an operator can remove a spent or fluid-affected writing nib and, thereby, access a fresh writing tip.

A writing instrument includes a first barrel and a second barrel that are able to rotate relative to each other about the axial direction, and presenting a first distal end and a second distal end, a writing tip being arranged at the first distal end while a pad for a capacitive screen is arranged at the second distal end, the writing tip and/or the pad for a capacitive screen being retractable by causing the first barrel to rotate relative to the second barrel, and where a barrel among the first barrel and the second barrel includes a tongue extending in the circumferential direction, the tongue being configured to establish electrical contact with the other barrel among the first barrel and the second barrel.

A pen for writing and/or drawing purposes, and having a shaft and a core which is arranged within the shaft and is axially adjustable in the longitudinal direction of the shaft between an active position and an inoperative position. The core is completely arranged within the shaft in the inoperative position and projects with an overhang from a front end of the shaft in the active position. An actuating element is provided which is movable perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the shaft between an active position and an inoperative position and which is operatively connected to the core via a connecting element in such a way that, during a movement of the actuating element perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the shaft between the inoperative position and the active position, the core is axially adjustable in the longitudinal direction of the shaft.

A writing tool has a pen tube, a capillary unit, and a dispensing unit. The capillary unit is mounted in the pen tube, and is connected to a nib. The dispensing unit is mounted in the pen tube, and has a communicating tube and a pressing segment connected to the communicating tube. The pressing segment has at least one connecting arm connected to the communicating tube. A dispensing interval is formed between the communicating tube and a periphery of the pressing segment. The communicating tube contacts the capillary unit to make the capillary unit form different compression densities via the pressing segment and the dispensing interval, thus facilitating dispensing ink downward easily through the dispensing interval and providing a better occlusion effect to further avoid ink leakage.

A writing, drawing, marking and/or painting utensil or cosmetics implement or input device for contact-sensitive surfaces, wherein the utensil/implement/device includes at least one shank element made of plastics material or a plastics-containing wood substitute. The at least one shank element has a surface, or in that the at least one shank element has a surface which is sheathed in a material layer having a cover surface. The surface of the shank element or the cover surface of the material layer is in the form of a haptic and/or non-slip layer. The haptic and/or non-slip layer has a structure formed in one piece with the shank element and/or the material layer. The structure is formed by corrugation.

Provided is an aqueous ink composition for a writing instrument which is excellent in a drying property of drawn lines and a low temperature stability of the ink while inhibiting the pen tip from drying and which prevents the drawn lines from causing feathering and strike-through. The aqueous ink composition for a writing instrument described above contains at least a colorant, trimethylglycine, pentaerythritol, 10% by mass or less of a water-soluble organic solvent and water.

Provided is an aqueous ink composition for a writing instrument which is excellent in a drying property of drawn lines and a low temperature stability of the ink while inhibiting the pen tip from drying and which prevents the drawn lines from causing feathering and strike-through. The aqueous ink composition for a writing instrument described above contains at least a colorant, trimethylglycine, pentaerythritol, 10% by mass or less of a water-soluble organic solvent and water.