Patent ID: 7090198

Claim:
A staple remover having a first and a second arm, each with a first working end and a second pivot end, and including a magnetic collection chamber therebetween, said staple remover further characterized by: said first arm, at a first working end thereof, includes a pair of staple pulling prongs defining a space therebetween; said second arm having, at the first working end thereof, a single staple pulling prong having a single engaging edge sized to extend across said space between said pair of prongs of said first arm; each of said pair of prongs on said first arm including a camming surface widening for a camming distance from a tip at said first working end thereof toward a first pivot end thereof; said single prong on said second arm including a camming surface extending across the single engaging edge widening from a tip of said first working end of said second arm toward a first pivot end of said second arm, and for a camming distance less than the camming distance of said pair of prongs of said first arm; said first and second arms are mounted at their pivot ends so as to be pivoted toward one another to engage a bound staple for removal thereof; said prongs of said first and second arm cooperating so as to lift and crush a bound staple and to move crushed staples away from said working ends and toward said magnetic collector element.