Patent ID: 8152396

Claim:
A writing instrument grip apparatus to hold a writing instrument to perform writing, comprising: a substantially triangular shaped vertical member with a top and a bottom surface having a front facing rounded apex that is held by a user's thumb and a user's index finger; having a substantially vertical cylindrical chamber to receive and secure said writing instrument adapted to extend past said bottom surface of said first member to contact a surface to perform writing; and a downward sloping support handle member having a substantially cylindrical shape with a plurality of contoured surfaces attached to said vertical member at a side opposite to said rounded apex and near said top of said vertical member, which forms an inside radius and a protrusion at a junction of said vertical and support handle members, said support handle member is grasped by one or more of said user's fingers and said user's palm and inner hand to allow said user to write with said writing instrument on said surface, wherein pressure is directed away from one or more finger joints of one or more fingers of the user.