Patent ID: 6966389

Claim:
A method of feeding caps from a cap feeder device to a manual staple gun wherein the cap feeder device is attached to or forms a part of the manual staple gun, comprising: manually actuating the staple gun by impacting a movable portion of the staple gun against a work surface and causing the movable portion of the manual staple gun to move with respect to another portion of the staple gun and resulting in the staple gun ejecting a staple; and driving the cap feeder device in response to the movable portion of the staple gun impacting the work surface and a staple being ejected from the staple gun, wherein the staple gun includes a main body and a striker movable with respect to the main body, and wherein the method entails hitting the striker against the surface and causing a staple to be ejected from the staple gun and driving the cap feeding device in response to the striker engaging the surface.