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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Keven E. Miller, Forest Hill, MD (US);
Glen V. Steinbrunner, Forest Hill, MD (US);
Michael P. Baron, Phoenix, MD (US);
Robert A. Berry, Mt. Airy, MD (US);
Paul G. Gross, White Marsh, MD (US);
Craig A. Schell, Baltimore, MD (US);
C. Kerwin Braddock, Bel Air, MD (US);
Charles L. Bradenbaugh, IV, York, PA (US);
William D. Sauerwein, Phoenix, MD (US);
John C. Funicello, Palm Bay, FL (US);
James R. Niblett, Columbia, MD (US);
Andrzej R. Wojcicki, Rosedale, MD (US);
Adan Ayala, Baltimore, MD (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A fastening tool including a housing, a magazine connected to the housing for storing a fastener, a driving mechanism disposed within the housing for driving the fastener into a workpiece, a trigger assembly pivotally attached to the housing for activating the driving mechanism, the trigger assembly comprising a main trigger, pivotally attached to the housing and a supplemental trigger pivotally attached to the main trigger; and a contact trip assembly comprising an upper contact trip contacting the supplemental trigger, a lower contact trip connected to the upper contact trip, wherein the upper and lower contact trips have teeth that mesh together for locking the upper and lower contact trips.