Patent ID: 7748564

Claim:
A transfer tool comprising: a transfer tool main body including a case and a transfer head for applying tape; a cover housing a rotating shaft configured to engage the case and enable the cover to rotate about the rotating shaft such that the transfer head is exposed when the cover is in an open position and the transfer head is covered by the cover in a closed position; and a latching means for latching the cover and the transfer tool main body, wherein the latching means is located proximate to the rotating shaft and includes a complementary concave and convex portions, one of the concave and convex portions being housed on the transfer tool main body and the other of the pair of concave and convex portions being housed on the cover, the convex portion being configured to fit into the concave portion so as to latch the cover to the transfer tool main body when the cover is in the open position; wherein the latching means is configured so that the cover can be latched to the transfer tool main body when the cover is in either the open position or the closed position.