Patent ID: 8491849

Claim:
A writing implement sanitizer comprising: a sanitization container comprising: a body having a bottom end and a top end; and a cover located at said top end of said body, said cover having at least one opening therein; said container defining an interior area between at least said cover and said bottom end of said body; a sanitization membrane comprising a resilient material having a sanitizer associated therewith, said membrane located within said interior area of said sanitization container below said cover and spaced upwardly from said bottom end of said body, said membrane having one or more passages there through aligned with one or more of said openings in said cover; and a writing implement guide extending from a bottom of said membrane at one of said passages there through to said bottom end of said container, said guide defining a interior passage through which a writing implement may pass; whereby a user may pass an end of a writing implement through one of said openings in said cover and through an aligned passage through said membrane and beyond said membrane into said writing implement guide, whereby a length of said writing implement from said tip contacts said membrane for sanitization as said writing implement is moved through said membrane.