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US 12,544,280 B2Granted
Reusable cutting articles and wound tape articles and kits containing the same
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorJames E. Nash
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Abstract
Cutting article, for example for cutting tape, that is removable from a container, such as a box, of tape. Wound tape articles containing the same. Kits containing the same.
Claims13
A wound tape article comprising a box containing a wound tape roll and a removable cutting article removably attached to the box, wherein
- the removable cutting article for releasably engaging with the box has a box top, a box front and opposing box back, and two opposite box sides, the removable cutting article comprising:
- a distal end and a proximal end connected by a spacing member;
- the distal end comprising two arms that are spaced apart from each other and that are oriented along a first axis and a second axis parallel to the first axis,
- wherein each of the two arms having a protrusion that extends from the arms and towards each other along a third axis that is orthogonal to the first axis;
- the proximal end comprising at least one cutting element spaced from the at least two arms, the cutting element having a sharp edge that is disposed along a fourth axis that is parallel to the third axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.