Dispenser for tape rolls

Claim 1

A dispenser for a roll of tape comprising: a base wall formed of a single sheet having opposed parallel first and second side hinge edges and having raised opposed end walls having triangular profiles; a first side wall formed integrally with the base wall and hingeably attached to the base wall at the first hinge edge to fold between an open position generally co-planar with the base wall and a closed position folded inward toward the base wall, the first side wall also having raised opposed end walls having triangular profiles; a second side wall formed integrally with the base wall and hingeably attached to the base wall at the second hinge edge also to fold between an open position generally co-planar with the base wall and a closed position folded inward toward the base wall, the second side wall also having raised opposed end walls having triangular profiles, the first and second side walls together forming a cylindrical pocket in the closed position for retaining the roll so that the roll is free to rotate about its axis for dispensing of the tape and for allowing insertion of the roll between the first and second side walls in the open position, the pocket having a longitudinal central axis around which the roll can rotate when positioned in the pocket; a dispensing slot formed by the abutment of the first side wall and the second side wall, the slot being sized to allow removal of a part of the tape of the roll therethrough from the pocket and whereby rotation of the roll about the axis of the roll is in response to the removal of the tape; whereby upon folding the side walls into the closed position each of the end walls is positioned adjacent to two other end walls such that the closed dispenser presents triangular end profiles; and wherein said central longitudinal axis of the pocket is substantially parallel to the first and second hinge edges.