Elongated-member-driving apparatus – With means to move or guide member into driving position – Including supply magazine for constantly urged members
Patent
1999-01-29
2000-11-28
Smith, Scott A.
Elongated-member-driving apparatus
With means to move or guide member into driving position
Including supply magazine for constantly urged members
227156, 227120, B25C 502
Patent
active
06152347&
ABSTRACT:
A stapler that has a top member and a bottom member movably connected together. The bottom member includes a convex outer surface facing downwardly and being convex in lateral and longitudinal directions with a curvature generally conformed to a user's hand, and also a support portion disposed within the convex surface, having a common boundary therewith disposed generally in a flat plane and configured for supporting the stapler stably on a flat horizontal surface when the top member is biased towards the bottom member during stapling. A stapler mechanism is connected between top and bottom members. Support ends of the top and bottom members are configured for stably supporting the stapler in a vertical position on a flat surface. The stapler also a hinge shaft pivotably connecting the pivoting members together and a hinge cover covering the hinge shaft and having a flexible tab slidably associated with one of the top and bottom members for sliding with respect thereto when the pivoting members pivot.
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Berry Stephen D.
Kapur Sumir
McKeown Timothy E.
Wilson Scott H.
ACCO Brands Inc.
Smith Scott A.
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