Patent ID: 8813806

Claim:
A tape dispenser adapted to dispense lengths of adhesive tape from a roll of adhesive tape wound upon a cylindrical tape core, the tape dispenser comprising: a first sidewall; a second sidewall generally parallel to the first sidewall; a hub structure and a tape retaining tab extending inwardly from at least one of the first and second sidewalls, the tape core being rotatably supported on the hub structure of the first and second sidewalls; a cutter bar extending between and connecting the first and second side walls; and a cantilevered tongue supported between the sidewalls at forward portions thereof, the tongue extending in cantilevered fashion rearwardly from the cutter bar towards the tape retainer tab and the hub structure and having a surface approaching the tape retaining tab, wherein the tongue is resiliently deflectable about an axis adjacent and parallel to the cutter bar; wherein an unwound portion of the tape passes between the surface of the tongue approaching the tape retaining tab and the retaining tab.