Tape dispensing aid

A dispensing aid for attachment to an annular roll of tape having an inside radial surface and an outer radial tape surface, comprising:

• a pair of side risers having at lower ends thereof opposing, inwardly-projecting tabs configured for sliding along the inside radial surface of the roll of tape;
• a top platform laterally spanning the outer radial tape surface, each riser fixed therewith at an upper end of the riser;
• and
• a cutting blade projecting away from the top platform at a forward end thereof;
• at least one of the risers including a central slot, and wherein the tab of the riser is slidably engaged within the slot, whereby the tab may be positioned closer to the top platform as the tape is used up on the roll so as to keep the top platform properly positioned substantially tangentially to the roll;
• at least one of the risers with the slot further including a pivot bar at the upper end thereof, the top platform including a pivot bar receiver for receiving the pivot bar, such that the riser may pivot from a vertical closed position to a horizontal open position;
• whereby with the aid fixed about the roll of tape, a piece of tape may be pulled away from the roll and cut with the cutting blade, the aid slidable around the perimeter of the tape roll to a position ready for cutting a subsequent piece of tape.