Removable highlighting tape

A highlighting tape with tape dispenser comprising:

• (a) a very thin, color-fast, translucent film;
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• (b) a very thin, uniform layer of translucent, pressure sensitive adhesive covering one side of said film, the adhesive allowing the film to be applied to a printed surface, removed and reapplied to a printed surface without leaving behind an adhesive residue, the film and adhesive in roll configuration, wound about a center core, wherein the core has a plurality of protruding teeth;
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• (c) a tape dispensing means comprising:
• (i) a hand-held sized, rigid, plastic trapezoidal-shaped hollow casing comprising a solid front portion, a solid back portion, two solid side portions serving to connect the front and back portions, a solid top portion serving to connect the front, back and side portions and an open bottom, the casing narrowing in width from the open bottom to the top portion, one of the side portions having an extending guide lip, the guide lip serving to both guide and cut the dispensed highlighting tape;
• (ii) a rigid, plastic, molded, trapezoidal-shaped tape roll holder comprising a front side, a back side and a bottom portion, wherein the front side of the tape roll holder has a centrally located cavity wherein is located a spinning, toothed hub, the hub and cavity serving to hold the highlighting tape in its roll configuration, the protruding teeth of the center core meshing with the hub teeth, the tape roll holder hingedly attached between the front and back portions of the hollow casing, the back side and bottom portion of the tape roll holder containing a recess to allow for placement of the pull-down device;
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• (iii) a rigid, plastic, molded tape roll holder release latch comprising a front and a back locking clasp, a bottom cap portion and a pull-down device, the release latch hingedly attached between the front and back portions of the hollow casing, the pull-down device inserted into the tape roll holder recess, the front and back locking clasps capable of locking on to the front and back portions of the hollow casing respectively, the bottom cap portion serving to virtually seal the open bottom portion of the hollow casing leaving a small tape dispensing opening remaining when the locking clasps are in their locked position, the pull-down device causing the tape roll holder to swing out the open bottom portion of the hollow casing without interference for reloading of the highlighting tape when the locking clasps are in their unlocked position.