Patent ID: 7377709

Claim:
An antimicrobial hand sanitizer and writing instrument comprising: a barrel, said barrel having an elongated tubular shape including a first end, a second end, an outer diameter and a hollow interior having an inner diameter; a grip portion, said grip portion having a generally tubular frusto-conical shape having a first apex end and a second base end, wherein said apex end includes a nib aperture, wherein said base end is constructed and arranged for securement to said first end of said barrel, wherein said grip portion is constructed and arranged to contain a writing instrument therein, wherein said writing instrument includes a nib and an ink reservoir, wherein said nib extends through said nib aperture; a removable and replaceable solution cartridge secured within said inner diameter at said second end of said barrel, said solution cartridge positioned substantially within said barrel, said solution cartridge including a holding tank, said holding tank including a first closed end and a second open end, said open end being sealably closed by a finger pump, said finger pump including a dip tube, wherein said dip tube extends between said finger pump and said closed end of said holding tank, said finger pump including a twist-lock actuator, said twist-lock actuator rotatable between an operational position, wherein an antimicrobial hand solution may be dispensed, and at least one locked position, wherein said antimicrobial hand solution cannot be dispensed, said twist-lock actuator including a nozzle, said nozzle constructed and arranged to dispense said antimicrobial hand solution in an unencumbered manner upon depression of said twist-lock actuator.