Patent ID: 7845888

Claim:
A fastener assembly for use in a fastener driving tool, comprising: a row of fasteners, the fasteners each having a shank, the shanks arranged substantially parallel to each other, and defining a longitudinal plane through an axis of each of the fasteners; and a strip having a supporting substrate which is generally planar and parallel to the longitudinal plane, and an adhesive composition thereon, the supporting substrate having an elongated dimension extending generally in the direction of the row of fasteners, the supporting substrate having upper and lower edges, at least one of the edges having a non-overlapping scallop formation therein between the fasteners such that the scallop formation includes a curved, concave surface that extends inwardly from one or both of the upper and lower edges toward the longitudinal plane, from a plane of the strip, to stiffen the fastener assembly, the adhesive composition bonding to the shank of each of the fasteners to maintain the fasteners in the substantially parallel arrangement in the row, wherein strips are present on both sides of the row of fasteners to define opposing strips and wherein at least one of the upper and lower edges of the opposing strips have the scallop formation therein.