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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2006
Kenneth Zins, Fitchburg, MA (US);
Paul Severino, Islip, NY (US);
Robert Doran, River Vale, NJ (US);
Mitch Maiman, Holbrook, NY (US);
Yuri Gofman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Ryan Mcgann, Shoreham, NY (US);
Kenneth Zins, Fitchburg, MA (US);
Paul Severino, Islip, NY (US);
Robert Doran, River Vale, NJ (US);
Mitch Maiman, Holbrook, NY (US);
Yuri Gofman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Ryan McGann, Shoreham, NY (US);
Staples The Office Superstore, LLC, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
A stapler includes a body and a strike plate movably mounted to the body between a rest position and a loaded position. The strike plate is adapted to drive a staple into a target object. The strike plate may be moved from the rest position to the loaded position by a loading mechanism against the bias of a power spring, whereupon the energy stored in the power spring is applied to the strike plate to drive the staple. A stapler may include a lockout which inhibits movement of the strike plate toward the loaded position unless a work piece is beneath the stapler body.