Patent ID: 8408265

Claim:
A tape dispenser, comprising: an integrally-formed main body, having a rack and two semi-crusts, the rack having a front plate and a top plate which is nonparallel to the front plate, the rack further having two side plates which connect the front plate to the top plate respectively, the sides plates, the front plate, the top plate are rectangularly arranged, the semi-crusts being connected to the rack respectively by top edges thereof, the top edges of the semi-crusts being parallel to each other, edges of the side plates away from the semi-crusts, a bottom edge of the front plate, and a rear edge of the top plate being rectangularly arranged and defining an opening therebetween, the semi-crusts abutting against each other so as to define a chamber therebetween, the chamber being adapted for a tape roll to be received therein, each of the semi-crusts having a central post, the central posts engaging detachably with each other, the central posts being adapted for the tape roll to sleeve thereon, each of the central posts having at least one elastic abutting arm which extends from the corresponding semi-crust, each of the abutting arms having a protrusion at an intermediate section of the abutting arm protruding radially from an appearance of the corresponding central post into the chamber, so that the protrusions are adapted for the tape roll to abut thereagainst along a radial direction of the tape roll, each of the top edges of the semi-crusts being formed with a folding line, the semi-crusts being bendable and pivotable with respect to the rack.