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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2024
Techtronic Cordless Gp, Anderson, SC (US);
Jeremy Fedrigon, Greenville, SC (US);
Thomas Evatt, Six Mile, SC (US);
Neil Wright, Anderson, SC (US);
TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP, Anderson, SC (US);
Abstract
A stapler includes a body; a handle coupled to the body, the handle movable between a rest position and an actuated position; a magazine configured to support a plurality of fasteners; a driver that successively drives each of the plurality of fasteners into a workpiece in response to the handle moving to the activated position; and an advancer that moves the plurality of fasteners towards the driver, wherein the advancer comprises an advancer body and a lock feature disposed at a leading end of the advancer body, and wherein the driver comprises a complementary lock feature that interfaces with the lock feature of the advancer when the plurality of fasteners is exhausted to lockout the stapler.