Patent ID: 7124924

Claim:
A desktop stapler, comprising: an elongated base assembly; a body pivotably attached to the base at a pivot location toward a rear end of the stapler, the base and the body extending forward from the pivotal attachment in a spaced relationship between the base and the body; an anvil slidably disposed on the base toward a front end of the stapler; a striker slidable within the body above the anvil; wherein the body includes a high position where the striker is spaced away from the anvil, and a low position where the striker is spaced near to the anvil; the pivot location is above the anvil by a pivot/anvil distance; the anvil translates between a forward rest position and a rearward position; and a pressing-surface of the body is linked to the anvil, and the pressing-surface of the body moves between a first position toward a second position as the body is pivoted from the high position toward the low position, wherein the anvil is translated from the forward rest position toward the rearward position through the link between the anvil and the pressing-surface.