Patent ID: 7562801

Claim:
A stapler comprising: a housing including a hand grip portion constructed and arranged to be manually grasped by an operator; a staple drive track disposed in said housing; a staple feed track leading to said staple drive track configured to guide staples toward said drive track, a staple driver mounted within said staple drive track, said staple driver configured to drive staples into a workpiece; and a guide pivotally mounted in a body portion of said housing, a bottom surface of the body portion being configured to engage the workpiece, the guide having an elongated member receiving region constructed and arranged to receive an elongated member, the elongated member to be secured to the workpiece using said staples driven by the staple driver, and said guide configured to pivot between a stored position in which the guide is stored above the bottom surface of the body portion and within the housing and a deployed position in which the guide projects below the bottom surface of the body portion and out of the housing.