Scotch Tape Patented
Originally it was designed to seal food wrappers. However, during the Great Depression people were forced to be much more frugal and began using tape to fix things at work and home: from sealing packages to storage of broken eggs.
In 1932, John Borden greatly facilitated the use of tape having invented the first tape dispenser with a built-in cutting edge.
To date, the family of Scotch tapes includes more than 900 titles. They differ in width, transparency and tack, have colourless or brightly painted basis, and even can bear labels. Also a double-sided tape is available. There is also a surgical adhesive tape designed for temporary fixing of internal tissues and pressing of some blood vessels.
Recently tape has been used as a means to create so-called paintings and sculptures. This unusual form of art requires coloured translucent ribbons of different widths. Marc Heisman is a sculptor and painter who works in this style.
