Patent ID: 7000520

Claim:
A slide cutter assembly for use in sectioning lengths of a flexible material drawn from a roll, the roll including a core having oppositely open ends, said assembly comprising: an elongated body; a first roll supporting portion located at a first end of said body and a second roll supporting portion located at a second end, the oppositely open ends of the roll being securable by said first and second roll supporting portions in order to rotatably secure the roll to the elongated body where the first and second roll supporting portions each comprise living hinges and are integrally formed with the elongated body; and a cutter tab assembly mounted to a lengthwise extending surface associated with said elongated body, said cutter tab assembly incorporating a traversable blade that is manually operable for sectioning from the roll an unwound length of flexible material and a first gripping portion and a second track seating portion traversably supported within a rail associated with said elongated body, where the blade is traversable in both lengthwise directions to cut flexible material from the packaging roll, wherein said elongated body, said roll supporting portions and said cutter tab assembly form an integral unit that is useable alone, whereby the roll is substantially entirely exposed, and is useable as an insert within a generally elongated and three-dimensional shaped packaging.