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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2005
Thomas Pelletier, Wallingford, CT (US);
Timothy Lebeau, Avon, CT (US);
Russell H Powers, Newington, CT (US);
Thomas Pelletier, Wallingford, CT (US);
Timothy Lebeau, Avon, CT (US);
Russell H Powers, Newington, CT (US);
The Stanley Works, New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A stapler includes a housing having a hand grip portion constructed and arranged to be manually grasped by an operator, a staple drive track disposed in the housing, a staple feed track leading to the staple drive track configured to guide staples toward the drive track, and a staple driver mounted within the staple drive track, the staple driver configured to drive staples into a workpiece. The stapler further includes a guide pivotally mounted in a body portion of the housing. The guide has an elongated member receiving region. The guide is configured to pivot between a stored position in which the guide is disposed within the housing and a deployed position in which the guide extends out of the housing.