Brian M Swanson

US Patent:

6550660, Apr 22, 2003

Filed:

Aug 3, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/922466

Inventors:

Edmund M. Chlebowski - Wilmington NC 28411
Brian Malcolm Swanson - Wilmington NC 28411

International Classification:

B27F 732

US Classification:

227133, 227131, 227134, 227138

Abstract:

A manually operated hammer-type stapler for attaching a material to a surface with a tabbed staple includes a staple driver having a staple drive blade moveable along a blade pathway between a raised position to a lowered position; a striker at the distal end of the stapler; an elongated handle extending rearwardly from the staple driver; an elongated staple magazine beneath and parallel to the handle, the staple magazine having a discharge end adjacent the blade pathway to position a staple beneath the driver blade; and an elongated tab magazine parallel to and beneath the staple magazine, the tab magazine having a discharge end adjacent the blade pathway to position a tab beneath the driver blade, whereby the driver blade moves from its raised position to its lowered position when the striker is impacted against the surface to drive a staple through a tab and into the surface.