ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,433, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SHURTECH BRANDS LLC (Avon, Ohio).
"Tape dispenser" was invented by Daniel Woolman (London), Stuart Woolman (Charlotte, N.C.) and Heidi Carrion (Avon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape dispenser having a handle, a base plate disposed at an end of the handle, a rotatable tape mount engaged on the base plate, a nose member disposed on the base plate, a cylinder rotatably engaged on the nose member near a cutter and a guide element is provided. The guide member is slidingly engaged on the base plate. The guide element is adjustable between a loading position which is slid rearwardly to pro...