Patent ID: 8668128
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A compact stapler, comprising: a housing; a handle disposed toward a top of the housing; a track including an extended length along a bottom of the housing; a striker slidably fitted at a front of the housing, the striker movable between a position above the track and a position in front of the track; the handle linked to a power spring whereby pressing the handle toward the housing causes the power spring to deflect and store energy; the power spring pivotably attached to the housing at a rear end of the power spring and elongated forward therefrom to a linkage to the striker, the power spring ejecting a staple upon release of the energy of the deflected power spring; the power spring includes an upper position adjacent to a top of the housing, and a lowest position against an absorber rib abutting a staple chamber; and the power spring having a sheet metal form including at least two arms coextending from a common base of the power spring at the rear of the power spring, the arms being of decreasing width away from the common base.