Container for adhesive tape

A method of packaging a roll of adhesive tape having two sides and a core comprising:

• providing several container halves, each container half having a first side wall having a first circular periphery, a first outer wall extending from the first side wall outer periphery, the first outer wall having a substantially uniform height selected from a set of several heights generally perpendicular to the first side wall, the first outer wall adapted to surround at least a portion of the width of a roll of adhesive tape;
• at least one first inner wall segment extending from the first side wall inside the first outer periphery, the at least one first inner wall segment adapted to engage at least a portion of the core inner surface;
• selecting two container halves from the several container halves, the two container halves selected to have first outer wall heights which, together, approximately equal the width of the roll of tape to be packaged;
• and,
• applying the selected two container halves to the sides of the roll of tape to be packaged with the inner wall segments engaging the core of the roll of tape.

A container for a roll of adhesive tape wound upon a cylindrical core, the roll of tape having a width between a first side and a second side and an outer diameter defined by circumferential wraps of the tape, and the cylindrical core having an inner surface and an inner surface diameter, the container comprising:

• a first member including a first side wall having a first circular periphery, a first outer wall extending from the first side wall outer periphery, the first outer wall having a substantially uniform first selected outer wall height generally perpendicular to the first side wall, the first outer wall adapted to surround at least a portion of the width of the roll of adhesive tape;
• a first inner wall segment extending from the first side wall inside the first outer periphery, the first inner wall segment is conical and adapted to engage at least a portion of the core inner surface;
• a second member including a second side wall having a second circular periphery, a second outer wall extending from the second side wall outer periphery, the second outer wall having a substantially uniform second selected wall height generally perpendicular to the second side wall, the second outer wall adapted to surround at least another portion of the width of the roll of adhesive tape;
• a second inner wall segment extending from the second side wall inside the second outer periphery, the second inner wall segment is conical and adapted to engage at least another portion of the core inner surface;
• the first member and the second member adapted to engage the first side and the second side of the roll of tape by engagement of the conical first inner wall segment and the conical second inner wall segment with the core inner surface;
• and,
• the first side, the second side, and the circumferential wraps suspended between and separated from the side walls and the outer walls of the respective first member and the second member.

A container for a roll of adhesive tape wound upon a tape core, the roll of tape having a width between a first side and a second side and an outer diameter defined by circumferential wraps of the tape, and the tape core having an inner surface and a core width, the container comprising:

• a first member comprising a first side wall having a first circular periphery, a first outer wall extending from the first side wall outer periphery, the first outer wall having a substantially uniform first selected outer wall height generally perpendicular to the first side wall, the first outer wall adapted to surround at least a portion of the width of the roll of adhesive tape;
• at least one first inner wall segment extending from the first side wall inside the first outer periphery, the at least one first inner wall segment including a first ridge core stop adapted to engage a first side of the tape core;
• a second member comprising a second side wall having a second circular periphery, a second outer wall extending from the second side wall outer periphery, the second outer wall having a substantially uniform second selected wall height generally perpendicular to the second side wall, the second outer wall adapted to surround at least a portion of the width of the roll of adhesive tape;
• at least one second inner wall segment extending from the second side wall inside the second outer periphery, the at least one second inner wall segment including a second ridge core stop adapted to engage a second side of the tape core;
• the first member and the second member adapted to engage respectively the first side and the second side of the roll of tape by engagement of the first ridge core stop of the at least one first inner wall segment and the second ridge core stop of the at least one second inner wall segment with terminal ends of the tape core;
• and,
• the first side, the second side, and the circumferential wraps of the tape roll are fixedly retained between and separated from the side walls and the outer walls of the respective first member and the second member when the first member and the second member are brought together.