Patent ID: 8051919

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a fastening tool with a nosepiece, a canister, a door structure, a feed pawl and a follower structure, the canister having a first canister portion and a second canister portion that is movable relative to the first canister portion between a closed position and an open position, the door structure carrying one of the feed pawl and the follower structure and being pivotally mounted on the nosepiece so as to be movable between a first position, which substantially clears the other one of the feed pawl and the follower structure, and a second position; loading a coil of collated fasteners into an interior of the canister; engaging the coil of collated fasteners over the other one of the feed pawl and the follower structure; and moving the door structure into the second position and thereafter latching the second canister portion in the closed position to secure the door structure in the second position with the second canister portion, wherein a portion of the second canister portion overlies the door structure subsequent to latching the second canister portion in the closed position; wherein positioning of the door structure into the second position permits the feed pawl and the follower structure to cooperate with one another to sequentially feed the collated fasteners into the nosepiece.