Patent ID: 6860416

Claim:
A single-shot nail stapler comprising: a valve; a valve-opening rod for pushing the valve open; a major trigger including two side members each with an upper portion pivotally attached to a portion of the single-shot nail stapler and a lower portion defining a substantially horizontal slit and a substantially vertical slot with an upper end and a lower end; a slide including two side members each including a fin formed thereon and defining an inclined slot with an upper left end and a lower right end, wherein the fins are movable in the substantially horizontal slits of the major trigger; a secondary trigger including an upper portion, a lower portion and an aperture defined in the lower portion of the secondary trigger; a pin fit in the aperture of the secondary trigger and movable in the inclined slots of the slide and the substantially vertical slots of the major trigger; two springs each compressed between the major trigger and each of the slide members of the slide; and a security element extending movably between the side members of the major trigger for pushing the upper portion of the secondary trigger.