Patent ID: 7811019

Claim:
A sanitary disposable writing instrument for minimizing the transfer of bacteria, viruses and/or chemicals from one person to another, said sanitary disposable writing instrument comprising: (a) a strip of flexible holding material having a predetermined size and shape, said strip of holding material having a first portion and a second portion; (b) a writing implement having a first end and a second end, said first end of said writing implement extending along and secured to said first portion of said holding material and said second end of said writing implement extending beyond and in a perpendicular direction with respect to an edge of said holding material to form a writing tip; (c) a writing means associated with said writing tip; (d) a grasping means formed from one of said second portion and said first portion of said holding material to enable the user to grasp one of said first portion and said second portion of said holding material and write with said writing tip; and (e) at least a second writing instrument secured thereto with pressure sensitive adhesive to form a series of sanitary disposable writing instruments and wherein upon removal of a first writing instrument from a second writing instrument, said second edge area is rolled into a cylinder and secured with said pressure sensitive adhesive to enclose said writing implement and to form said grasping means.