Patent ID: 8469251

Claim:
A stapling tool for stapling hardwood tongue and groove flooring planks into a subfloor surface, comprising: a body, including: a) a body base surface; b) a stop surface extending at an angle from said body base surface; c) a body top surface; and d) a staple slot configured to guide a hardwood flooring staple from a staple slot staple insertion point in said body top surface to a staple slot staple exit point of the body that is insertable within an external angle formed by a tongue and an outside edge of a hardwood flooring plank as the body base surface rests on a top face of said plank; and a rod assembly, including: i) a hammering head configured to receive an impact force from a head of a hammer; and ii) a staple driving head operatively coupled to said hammering head and configured to transfer said impact force to said hardwood flooring staple; wherein said hardwood flooring staple, after being inserted into said staple slot staple insertion point in said body top surface followed by said staple driving head being inserted into same said staple slot in said body top surface, is guided by said staple slot and is drivable into said hardwood flooring plank at said external angle by said staple driving head in response to said impact force.