Patent 7322766 was granted and assigned to Sanford L.P. on January, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In one embodiment of a writing instrument with a tape flan dispenser, a writing instrument has a body portion, a writing tip, and a flag dispenser chat can be attached to and detached from the body portion. The flag dispenser holds a supply of tape flags, such as a folded stack of tape flags, which can be removed through an opening in the dispenser. The flag dispenser can be, for example, a cap that covers the writing tip or an attachment that affixes to an end of the body portion. In another embodiment, a writing instrument has a body portion, a writing tip, a flag dispenser integrally incorporated into the body portion, a containing section housed in the flag dispenser, and an opening in the containing section through which tape flags can be issued.