Patent ID: 6997229

Claim:
A elastically rotatable applicator tip adapted to be disposed in the housing of a correction tape dispenser, comprising: a platform with a front edge, a rear edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, a top surface and a bottom surface and defining a length axis, wherein the top surface, bottom surface, and front edge are adapted to support a carrier ribbon; a first wall extending up from the first side edge of the platform; a second wall extending up from the second side edge of the platform; wherein the platform includes a slot between the first and second side edges, the slot defining a first leg and a second leg in the platform; a first post extending laterally out from the first side edge of the first leg and adapted to be rotatably positioned within a first receiver in the housing; a second post extending laterally out from the second side edge of the second leg and adapted to be rotatably positioned within a second receiver in the housing; the first post and the second post defining a post axis; and wherein upon rotation of the front edge about the length axis, the first post and the second post are rotated within the first and second receiver, respectively, substantially about the post axis.