Patent ID: 7503472
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: B25C

Abstract:
1. A desktop stapler, comprising: an elongated base; a body pivotably attached to the base toward a rear end of the stapler wherein a closed position includes the base and the body extending forward from the pivotal attachment in a parallel and spaced relationship between the base and the body, the body being upright in the closed position; an open position of the stapler where the body is pivoted about the base to an upside down position, and the body extends rearward from the pivotal attachment; the base including two sidewalls that extend up to partially surround sides of the body, a rear wall of the base that extends up in a direction of the sidewalls and joins the sidewalls from behind the body in the closed stapler position, the base thereby fully enclosing a lower rear end of the body in the closed stapler position; a detent extension is attached to the body, the detent extension is below the pivotal attachment in the closed stapler position, the detent extension presses a rib of the base, the detent extension providing a releasable upper limit to hold the body in a rest position above the base, and wherein the detent extension is an element of a retractable track pull, the track pull is movable in relation to the body in the track pull engaged position, and the detent extension resiliently presses the rib of the base; and the lower rear end of the stapler being above the pivotal attachment and exposed outside the base in the open stapler position.