Inventors:
Edgar B. Chiswell - Greenville SC
Assignee:
BIC Corporation - Milford CT
International Classification:
B43K 712
B43K 2404
B43K 2408
B43K 2500
Abstract:
A writing instrument which includes a body having a barrel portion and a replaceable cartridge housed within the barrel portion. A retractor mechanism is removably maintained in a rear end of the barrel portion and is adapted for axial movement between a retracted position and a protracted position. The instrument further includes structure for biasing the replaceable cartridge toward the rear end of the barrel portion and for maintaining the retractor mechanism in the protracted position by imparting a moment, or force, on the retractor mechanism acting relative to the axial centerline of the barrel portion.