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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
May. 07, 2003
Applicant:
Gerald A. Mcdonald, Gloucester, MA (US);
Inventor:
Gerald A. McDonald, Gloucester, MA (US);
Assignee:
Henkel Consumer Adhesives, Inc., Avon, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tape dispenser that reduces accidental injury from contact with a sharp blade used to cut and separate tape from the dispenser when affixing the tape to a surface. The cutting blade, fixed at an angle some distance above an opening, or above the edge of a flexible plate, is not exposed unless enough pressure is applied to bend plate far enough to expose blade through and beyond the flexible plate. This invention provides a simpler, safer, more cost effective method of dispensing, affixing and cutting any material in tape form.