IMPROVED WRITING INSTRUMENT WITH ENHANCED TACTILE CONTROL AND GRIPPING COMFORT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME

摘要

A writing instrument with enhanced tactile feel, more gripping security and ergonomic comfort which is adaptable to the customized hand geometry of a specific user and can include a barrel with an outer gripping surface wherein the barrel includes a barrel framework with an axial bore extending therethrough to a tip opening. A gripping section is defined on the barrel in the shape of a hollow core member to define a gripping channel extending therearound. The barrel gripping member is mounted in the gripping channel fixedly with respect to the hollow core and is made of a more flexibly resilient and pliable material than the harder material of the barrel framework to facilitate gripping thereof and to enhance tactile control. The barrel gripping member and the barrel framework in combination are co-molded in such a manner as together to define the outer gripping surface of the barrel. A writing medium member extends through the axial bore and outwardly through the tip opening for facilitating marking therewith. The barrel gripping member can include multiple voids defined therein to facilitate the pliability and flexible resilience thereof and for tactile comfort. Also the hollow core member can be bendable to vary the axial geometry of the barrel and the axial bore extending therethrough.