Tape package

Claim 1

A TAPE PACKAGE COMPRISING A ROLL OF TAPE WOUND UPON ITSELF ABOUT A HOLLOW CORE, A RELATIVELY RIGID MOLDED MOUNTING MEMBER FOR SAID ROLL WHICH COMPRISES A CYLINDICAL HUB INSERTED THROUGH SAID CORE AND AN ANNULAR DISC INTEGRAL WITH SAID HUB AND EXTENDING BEYOND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID ROLL AT ONE END OF THE HUB, AND A RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT MOLDED SNAP-ON COVER WHICH COMPRISES AN END WAL AND A CYLINDRICAL PERIPHERAL WALL INTEGRAL THEREWITH AND EXTENDING AXIALLY FROM SAID END WALL OVER THE TAPE ROLL, THE LEADING END OF SAID HUB EXTENDING THROUGH SAID CORE AXIALLY BEYOND THE TAPE ROLL AND INTO CONTACT WITH A CENTRAL PORTION OF THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID END WALL, THE PERIPHERAL WALL OF SAID COVER PRESENTING SHALLOW FLANGE PORTIONS EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM SAID PERIPHERAL WALL BEYOND THE PERIPHERAY OF SAID ANNULAR DISC AND HAVING INNER EDGES IN CONTACT WITH THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID DISC, THE AXIAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE LEADING END OF SAID HUB AND THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE ANNULAR DISC AT ITS PERIPHERY BEING SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE NORMAL AXIAL DISTACE BETWEEN THE INNER EDGES OF SAID FLANGE PORTIONS AND THE CENTRAL INNER SURFACE PORTION OF SAID END WALL, WHEREBY THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE END WALL OF THE COVER IS FLEXED AXIALLY OUTWARDLY BY THE LEADING END OF SAID HUB BUT CONTINUES TO PRESS RESILIENTLY INWARDLY AGAINST SAID HUB WHEN THE FLANGE PORTIONS OF THE COVER ARE SNAPPED OVER THE PERIPHERY OF THE ANNULAR DISC OF SAID MOUNTING MEMBER AND SAID PACKAGE IS ADAPTED TO BE OPENED MERELY BY PRESSING THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE END WALL OF THE COVER INWARDLY AGAINST SAID HUB WHILE HOLDING THE PERIPHERAL WALL OF THE COVER.