Body engageable member for tape dispenser and cutter therefor

Claim 1

A COMBINATION DISPENSER AND CUTTING DEVICE FOR TAPE IN SPIRALLY ROLLED FORM ADAPTED TO BE REMOVABLY AND FIRMLY MOUNTED ON A BODY-ENGAGEABLE MEMBER FOR ONEHANDED OPERATION BY A WEARER THEREOF, COMPRISING: A BIFURCATED SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED HOLDER MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST SIDE MEMBER, A SECOND SIDE MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND LATERALLY SPACED FROM SAID FIRST SIDE MEMBER AND AN INTERCONNECTING MEANS CONNECTING THE ADJACENT UPPER ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SIDE MEMBERS, SAID HOLDER MEANS HAVING LATERALLY SPACED LOWER ENDS AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH SPINDLE MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND ROTATIVELY CARRY THEREAROUND A CENTRALLY APERTURED CORE OF A SPIRALLY WOUND ROLL OF TAPE, SAID INTERCONNECTING MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH SEVERING BLADE MEANS POSITIONED EXTERIORLY PERIPHERALLY ADJACENT TO AN OUTER LAYER OF THE SPIRALLY WOUND TAPE CARRIED BY THE CENTRALLY APERTURED CORE FOR EXTERIOR SEVERING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH AS A SELECTED LENGTH OF SAID TAPE IS PULLED OUTWARDLY AWAY FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE SPIRALLY WOUND ROLL OF TAPE AGAINST SAID SEVERING BLADE MEANS; SAID HOLDER MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH MOUNTING AND FASTENING MEANS FOR RIGIDLY FASTENING IT TO A BODY-ENGAGEABLE MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE WORN BY A USER OF THE COMBINATION TAPE DISPENSER AND CUTTING DEVICE IN A POSITION FOR ONE-HANDED TAPE DISPENSING AND CUTTING OPERATION THEREOF; SAID HOLDER MEANS BEING EXTENDABLE AND RETRACTABLE WHEREBY TO RECEIVE BETWEEN SAID LATERALLY SPACED SIDE MEMBERS SAID SPIRALLY WOULD ROLL OF TAPE WHICH MAY BE OF VARIOUS DESIRED SIZE WITHIN THE RANGE OF EXTENSION AND RETRACTION OF SAID HOLDER MEANS.