Patent ID: 7441581

Claim:
A tape application apparatus adapted for both left-handed and right-handed use when applying tape from a roll to a first surface, wherein an edge of the first surface is common to an edge of an adjacent second surface, the tape application apparatus comprising: a housing having first and second exterior side surfaces and first and second interior side surfaces, and the housing being adapted to receive the roll; and a tape hub attached between the first and second exterior side surfaces of the housing and capable of slidably receiving the roll, wherein when the tape application apparatus is guided in a first direction, the roll is moveable to a first dispensing position against the first interior side surface such that an edge of tape dispensed from the tape application apparatus is co-linear with the edge of the first surface, and wherein when the tape application apparatus is guided in a second direction opposite the first direction, the roll is moveable to a second dispensing position against the second interior side surface such that an edge of tape dispensed from the tape application apparatus is co-linear with the edge of the first surface.