Patent ID: 8235271
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: B25C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A desktop accessory comprising: a roll-type tape dispenser configured to dispense tape approximately along a first longitudinal axis as the roll of tape rotates about a first rotational axis, said dispenser having a top surface; a stapler having an arm configured to advance staples approximately along a second longitudinal axis and pivoted on a base about a second rotational axis to eject staples against said base, said base having a bottom surface; and said stapler bottom surface and said dispenser top surface having complemental three dimensional contours in a wave-like cross-section in a vertical plane parallel to said longitudinal axes, said contours causing said longitudinal axes to be in parallel relationship when said surfaces are in abutment and preventing relative displacement of said dispenser and said stapler in the direction of said longitudinal axes.