Patent ID: 7093640

Claim:
A tape dispenser comprising: a frame having an upper surface and opposed side walls; each of the side walls having a lower edge; a tape mount disposed on an interior surface of each of the side walls and being adapted to secure a roll of tape therebetween; a cutter blade disposed on the frame and adapted to cut tape from the roll; a tab disposed on the interior surface of each of the side walls substantially inwardly above of the lower edge thereof; and wherein the tab has an upper surface; a non-rotatable pressure pad mounted on the frame adjacent the cutter blade; the pressure pad having a bottom surface; and wherein the tabs lay adjacent the pressure pad; and the upper surface of the tab is substantially coplanar with the bottom surface of the pressure pad so that tape from the roll is biased into contact with the pressure pad; and wherein the bottom surface of the pressure pad is adapted to push tape from the roll into contact with a surface to which the tape is being applied as the tape is dispensed.