Patent ID: 7131636
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A staple remover having a main handle portion with a staple removing prong at one end thereof, wherein said handle portion further includes an interior storage compartment for removed staples, the improvement comprising: said interior storage compartment being inside said main handle including an entranceway; said prong is upwardly inclined from said handle adjacent said entranceway and outwardly extending therefrom to a point of staple engagement; handle protions includes upper and lower sections; a guard member adjacent and above said prong, and from said upper section outwardly and inwardly forming said entranceway which intersects with said lower section at a point beyond an anchor member substantially to said point of staple engagement; said prong and said guard member cooperating to define a confined pathway for removed staples; whereby staples removed by said upwardly inclined prong are confined by said guard member within the defined pathway as they are directed to the entranceway of said storage compartment and are restrained from moving freely from said prong wherein the prong includes the anchor member with a height for allowing the staple to have a distance between said prong and the lower section which prevents jamming.