Patent ID: 7757923

Claim:
A stapler comprising: a supporting base having a front end; and a rear end; a magazine assembly connected pivotally to the rear end of the supporting base; a trigger assembly connected pivotally to the rear end of the supporting base at a position above the magazine assembly and having a trigger lever connected pivotally to the rear end of the supporting base; and a pushing element mounted pivotally on the trigger lever with a pivot and having two pushing arms extending toward the supporting base; a leg-flatting device mounted on the supporting base and having a sliding base slidably mounted on the supporting base and having a pushed segment corresponding to and selectively pushed by the pushing arms; a moving base connected operationally to the supporting base, selectively blocked by the sliding base to keep the moving base from moving downwardly before the sliding base is pushed by the pushing arms to slide relative to the supporting base, the moving base having a front end; and an elongated hole defined in the front end of the moving base; and an anvil element mounted in the elongated hole in the moving base.