Writing instrument

Claim 1

IN A WRITING INSTRUMENT HAVING A HOLLOW BARREL ELONGATED ALONG A LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND ELONGATED WRITING MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION IN SAID BARREL, IN COMBINATION, A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT RESILIENT MEMBER MOUNTED RADIALLY IN SAID BARREL ON THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS THEREOF, SAID RESILIENT MEMBER HAVING TWO ENDS AND BEING MOUNTED AT ONE END THEREOF, SAID RESILIENT MEMBER EXTENDING IN THE REGION OF SAID ONE END SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND BEING URGED BY ITS RESILIENCY IN THE REGION OF THE OTHER END THEREOF AWAY FROM SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS SO THAT WHEN SAID RESILIENT MEMBER IS FREE THE REGION OF ITS OTHER END FLARES OUT SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY FROM SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND WHEN FORCE DIRECTED TOWARD SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS IS EXERTED ON SAID RESILIENT MEMBER SAID OTHER END REGION OF THE SAID RESILIENT MEMBER IS HELD SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS; AND CONTROL MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID BARREL TO MOVE ALONG SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS IN A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS BETWEEN A DISENGAGED POSITION IN WHICH SAID CONTROL MEANS IS SPACED FROM SAID RESILIENT MEMBER AND THE OTHER END OF SAID RESILIENT MEMBER CONTACTS SAID WRITING MEANS AND URGES IT AWAY FROM SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND AN ENGAGED POSITION IN WHICH SAID CONTROL MEANS EXERTS ON SAID RESILIENT MEMBER IN THE REGION OF SAID ONE END THEREOF A FORCE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS SO THAT THE SAID RESILIENT MEMBER IS HELD SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT THE SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND THE OTHER END OF THE SAID RESILIENT MEMBER IS DISENGAGED FROM SAID WRITING MEANS.