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Document Number
US Patent 5025934
Issued Date
June 25, 1991
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A standing container for pin-shaped writing or drawing instruments comprises a plurality of receiving elements pivotally connected with one another, each of the receiving elements being formed as a strip-shaped receptacle with at least two parallel rows of insertion openings and with a groove provided on its lower side and extending in a longitudinal direction, a spring element located in the groove and provided with a plurality of individual spring tongues are arranged to abut against a pin shaped element freely lying in the region of the groove, and connecting elements for connecting the receptacles with one another and including an extension formed at an upper side and at least one longitudinal end of each of the receptacles, a hinge piece extending between the longitudinal ends of two adjacent receptacles, and a pin connecting the hinge piece to the longitudinal end of each of the receptacles.
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Published
June 25, 1991
Application Number
07/532,968
Filed
June 4, 1990
US Classification
211/69.5   211/60.1
Int'l Classification
A47F   7/00   (20060101)   B43K   23/00   (20060101)   B43M   17/00   (20060101)  
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Attorney/Law Firm
Priority Data
Jul 13, 1989 [DE] 392310
USPTO Field of Search
211/69.5   211/60.1   211/69   211/69.1   211/69.8   211/70.6   206/371  
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