US 11,813,887 B2
Wicking nib device and system
Craig Skinner, Nazareth, PA (US); Scott Collins, Nazareth, PA (US); Richard Kuiken, Columbia, NJ (US); Anthony P. Monzo, Easton, PA (US); Jake Towne, Easton, PA (US); and Keith Allison, Blandon, PA (US)
Assigned to CRAYOLA LLC, Easton, PA (US)
Filed by CRAYOLA LLC, Easton, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/958,664.
Application 17/958,664 is a division of application No. 17/243,153, filed on Apr. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,472,219.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/016,645, filed on Apr. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0027704 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B43K 1/00 (2006.01); B43K 1/01 (2006.01); B43K 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B43K 1/003 (2013.01) [B43K 1/01 (2013.01); B43K 11/005 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wicking kit for supplying color to the nib of a marker, the kit comprising:
a first ink pad; and
a second ink pad;
wherein the first ink pad and second ink pad are configured to be removeably joined in abutting contact with one another along a mating edge on the first ink pad and a mating edge on the second ink pad;
wherein the first ink pad includes a first well positioned along the mating edge of the first ink pad and the second ink pad includes a second well positioned along the mating edge of the second ink pad, such that when the first ink pad and the second ink pad are joined in contact with one another the first and second wells together define a positioning aperture; and
wherein the positioning aperture is sized and shaped to receive a marker nib with a first portion of a sidewall of the marker nib in contact with the first ink pad and second portion of the sidewall of the marker nib in contact with the second ink pad.