Roll supporting slide cutter assembly incorporating a traversable cutter tab and in particular capable of being supported within a carton enclosure associated with a wrap material roll

A slide cutter assembly for use in sectioning lengths of a flexible material drawn from a roll, the roll including a core having oppositely open ends, said assembly comprising:

• an elongated body;
• a first roll supporting portion located at a first end of said body and a second roll supporting portion located at a second end, the oppositely open ends of the roll being securable by said first and second roll supporting portions in order to rotatably secure the roll to the elongated body, each of said first and second roll supporting portions being integrally formed with said elongated body and being hingedly movable relative thereto by a living hinge;
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• a cutter tab assembly mounted to a lengthwise extending surface associated with said elongated body, said cutter tab assembly incorporating a traversable blade that is manually operable for sectioning from the roll an unwound length of flexible material, wherein said elongated body, said roll supporting portions and said cutter tab assembly form an integral unit that is useable alone, whereby the roll is substantially entirely exposed, and is useable as an insert within a generally elongated and three-dimensional shaped packaging.

A slide cutter assembly for use in sectioning lengths of a film wrap material drawn from a packaging roll, the roll including a core having oppositely open ends, said assembly comprising:

• an elongated body having a first end and a second end, a planar shaped and elongated support ledge being defined along an upper surface of said body;
• a first roll supporting portion located at a first end of said body and a second roll supporting portion located at a second end, said roll supporting portions each further comprising living hinges for permitting said supporting portions to be pivoted into opposingly engaging contact with the oppositely open ends of the film roll core in order to rotatably secure the packaging roll to the elongated body;
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• a cutter tab assembly mounted to a lengthwise extending surface associated with said elongated body, said cutter tab assembly incorporating a traversable blade seated within an elongated rail secured upon said elongated body, said traversable blade being manually operable for sectioning from the packaging roll an unwound length of film wrap material, wherein said elongated body, said roll supporting portions and said cutter tab assembly form an integral unit that is useable alone, whereby the roll is substantially entirely exposed, and is useable as an insert within a generally elongated and three-dimensional shaped packaging.

A slide cutter assembly for use in sectioning lengths of a flexible material drawn from a roll, the roll including a core having oppositely open ends, said assembly comprising:

• an elongated body;
• a first roll supporting portion located at a first end of said body and a second roll supporting portion located at a second end, each of said roll supporting portions further comprising a living hinge and a planar portion from which projects a circular cross sectional shaped core support portion, each core support portion for respectively seating within the oppositely open ends of the roll core in order to rotatably secure the roll to the elongated body;
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• a cutter tab assembly mounted to a lengthwise extending surface associated with said elongated body, said cutter tab assembly incorporating a traversable blade and associated rail portion, said traversable blade being manually operable for sectioning from the roll an unwound length of the flexible material, wherein said elongated body, said roll supporting portions and said cutter tab assembly form an integral unit that is useable alone, whereby the roll is substantially entirely exposed, and is useable as an insert within a generally elongated and three-dimensional shaped packaging.