Writing instrument gripping aid and writing instrument having the same

Active Publication Date: 2014-12-18
CHEN TE SO
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The writing instrument gripping aid is a device that helps users improve their grip on writing instruments. It can adjust the way they hold the pen or pencil, making it easier to write. It is easy to install and can be used with different types of writing instruments. Additionally, it is cost-effective.

Problems solved by technology

Wrong writing posture is one of the major causes of myopia and scoliosis of school-aged children, and wrong writing posture often results from wrong pen or pencil gripping posture.
Adopting such a wrong pen or pencil gripping posture to write will, in a long term, result in health problems such as myopia, strabismus, twisted hand and scoliosis.
However, these grippers are not satisfactory due to the following drawbacks: their complicated shapes lead to production difficulty and high costs; the strange shapes fail to excite the interest of users, particularly school-aged children; the concave finger positioning design is only suitable for static pencil or pen gripping but not suitable for dynamic writing; they are only applicable to writing instruments of a certain diameter or specification; and the process of assembling these grippers with pens or pencils and disassembling them tend to be troublesome.

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[0022]Embodiments are illustrated in the accompanying figures to improve understanding of concepts as presented herein. Skilled artisans appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and clarity and have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated relative to others to facilitate understanding of the embodiments.

[0023]Various aspects and embodiments have been described above and are merely exemplary and not limiting. After reading this specification, skilled artisans appreciate that other aspects and embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the invention. Other features and benefits of any one or more of the embodiments will be apparent from the following detailed description and the claims.

[0024]FIG. 2 illustrates a writing instrument gripping aid 10 according to one embodiment of this invention, which has a hollow prism body consisting of three faces. In this...

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Disclosed is a writing instrument gripping aid comprising a hollow prism body consisting of three faces, wherein a cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the hollow prism body defines a curvilinear isosceles triangle with both base angles greater than 60 degrees. In addition, also disclosed is a writing instrument using the writing instrument gripping aid.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This Application claims priority of Taiwan Patent Application No. 101211733, filed on Jun. 18, 2012, the entirety of which is incorporated by reference herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to a writing instrument gripping aid and particularly to a writing instrument gripping aid capable of correcting the pen or pencil gripping posture of a user.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Wrong writing posture is one of the major causes of myopia and scoliosis of school-aged children, and wrong writing posture often results from wrong pen or pencil gripping posture.[0004]Generally, common wrong pen or pencil gripping posture includes the thumb overlapping the index finger and the index finger overlapping the thumb, respectively illustrated in FIGS. 1A and 1B. Adopting such a wrong pen or pencil gripping posture to write will, in a long term, result in health problems such as myopia, strabismus, twisted hand and scoliosis.[0005]Va...

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IPC IPC(8): B43K23/008
CPCB43K23/008B43K23/004B43K23/016B43K23/08G09B11/02
InventorCHEN, TE-SO
OwnerCHEN TE SO