Patent ID: 7513406

Claim:
A stapler, comprising: a housing; a handle disposed toward a top of the housing, wherein the handle is pivotable between an initial position away from the housing and a lowest position toward the housing; a base sub-assembly at a bottom of the housing including the base, a track pivotally attached to the base, and a cover plate fixed to the base, the track includes an extended length along a bottom of the housing, the base includes a first position pivoted to be adjacent to the track and a second position pivoted away from the track, the track pivotably attached to the base at a rear of the track; wherein the base sub-assembly is slidably attached to the housing including a first position under the housing and a second position extending from the housing; wherein the cover plate engages a tab of the track to limit motion of the base away from the track; and wherein a staple loading chamber inside the housing is exposed at a bottom of the stapler in the sub-assembly second position.