A sports implement for obtaining autographs, having a core, a hole in the core having an open end and a closed bottom end, a housing disposed within the hole further comprising a latch, a spring, and a stop rim. The implement further includes a cap rotatably and slidably disposed within the housing comprising a first position wherein the cap compresses the spring toward the closed bottom end and a second position wherein the spring urges the cap against the stop rim, and a writing utensil removably coupled with the cap and rotationally coupled with the housing, further comprising a striker selectively interfacing with the latch.

A sports implement for obtaining autographs, having a core, a hole in the core having an open end and a closed bottom end, a housing disposed within the hole further comprising a latch, a spring, and a stop rim. The implement further includes a cap rotatably and slidably disposed within the housing comprising a first position wherein the cap compresses the spring toward the closed bottom end and a second position wherein the spring urges the cap against the stop rim, and a writing utensil removably coupled with the cap and rotationally coupled with the housing, further comprising a striker selectively interfacing with the latch.

An easy-to-hold off-axis pen has a pen head, a barrel, and at least one forefinger support. The pen head is irregularly shaped and hollow. The barrel is connected with the pen head and is hollow to accommodate a cartridge and to be held. A detachable clip fastener is strip-shaped whose two ends are respectively disposed on the pen head and an off-axis part of the barrel. One end of the detachable clip fastener can be pulled by fingers. The at least one forefinger support is disposed on a sidewall of the off-axis part to support and locate the forefinger during writing. The present invention can further include middle finger abutments disposed on the off-axis part and thumb anti-slip parts disposed on the barrel to make the easy-to-hold off-axis pen easy to grasp and anti-slip, and make users comfortable to grasp.

A writing instrument including: a body extending longitudinally along a central axis; a resilient element fixed to at least one portion of the body. The resilient element of the at least one portion of the body is in one piece and is made of at least partially amorphous metal alloy.

A modular magnet writing instrument and hobby tool comprises a plurality of permanent magnet segments and a writing cartridge. Each magnet segment is magnetized axially. An aperture extends longitudinally through the entirety of each magnet segment. The writing cartridge has an elongate body, which is sized for coaxial insertion within a magnet segment, or plurality of magnet segments, such that the magnet segments are in sliding engagement with the elongate body. In operation, different combinations of magnet segments can be axially positioned on the elongate body, in a variety of like-pole and unlike-pole interactions, to produce a plurality of writing and hobby tool configurations.

A writing instrument comprises a front body, a rear body capable of turning, relative to the front body, about a longitudinal axis, and a tubular piece axially connecting the front body and the rear body by elastic snap-fit.

A protective element for a writing tip of a writing instrument including a cap extending longitudinally along a central axis and configured to be fitted onto a body of the instrument, and a clip extending substantially parallel to the central axis from a first end fixed to the cap to a free end. The clip and the cap are in one piece.

A modular combination toy and desktop writing accessory apparatus comprising a plurality of structural elements each having at least one nodal connector portion to which a complementary connector portion of another structural element can be coupled. The structural elements can be assembled into a barrel-like form that is configured with a passageway for carrying a writing component of the invention. The writing component can be a pen, pencil, marker, crayon, eraser or the like. The modular combination toy and writing instrument has multiple functions in playtime as well as in everyday desk-bound activities.

The present disclosure features tube insertion devices that are configured to allow a user to manually insert a hollow tube into a receiving bore, e.g., a pen tube into the bore of a blank. The disclosure also features methods of using such devices. In some implementations, the devices comprise (a) a pair of elongated arms, each arm comprising a gripping portion and an insertion portions, each of the insertion portions terminating in a distal tip, and (b) a connecting portion joining the arms such that the arms pivot about the connecting portion in a plane defined by the arms when the gripping portions are pressed together by a user. Each of the insertion portions preferably includes a relatively wider proximal portion and a relatively narrower distal tube-carrying portion, the change in width between the proximal portion and the distal portion defining a stop surface.

A fountain pen that is configured to be reloaded with ink wherein the fountain pen of the present invention has an improved volume capacity over conventional fountain pens. The invention includes a body wherein the body includes a grip portion and a barrel portion that are rotatably coupled. A nib is secured to the first end of the body. A rod member is mounted within the interior volume of the body and extends the length thereof. A piston head member is operably coupled to the rod member and is configured to traverse therealong during rotation of the barrel portion of the body. The wall member of the barrel portion of the body includes movement members formed thereon. The perimeter edge of the piston head member is sealably and operably coupled with the movement members and wherein movement of the piston head member facilitates the drawing of ink into the body.