The idea is that the tape will protrude from the bottom. The housing would be clear. You could just touch the tape to the paper and pull away and it would be left behind. I frankly like the stamp with finger grips so you can both stamp or squeeze. Best of both worlds.

if this was conceived to be used for wrapping soft items like sweaters and shirts, i don't think it would really help in reality. the problem i see, is that while you may be able to apply minimal pressure, once touching the paper, you then have to squeeze the stamper. in doing this, you are likely to cause the paper to be squeezed and crumpled.

I still like your original design....simple and practical! that's got my vote.

Sorry, this picture looks terrible. It looked better on my compute at work.
Oh well. Please don't judge it by this, look at the mechanism.

Well you might have a point. Sometimes when I'm thinking about this product and how easy it is to pull off a piece of tape. I start scratching my head. This concept is squeeze but my other is a squeeze and stamp so you can have your cake and eat it too. What do you think about the 6 point contact and movment of the tape?

I like the thought here . . . .

. . . . However, even with the ridiculous amount of control a human hand has, it is hard to press tape on a soft surface and not tear the wrapping paper. You have to be so gentle. Now add this machine between you and paper and you no longer get the sensory control to perform the task very well.

I would say trying to get tape on soft or flexible surfaces is better suited for human hands or surgery robots.

Nothing more than a stapler. How else would you adhere to soft material, like a wrapped sweater?

While this would give me a good forearm workout from continual squeezing, i think it would be too much squeezing for a lot of taping.

It looks cool though!