Patent ID: 8052023

Claim:
A light weight hand-operated stapler which comprises a pressing cap; a plastic head covered by the pressing cap; a metal drive plate disposed at a front end of the plastic head; a base with an anvil at a front end thereof; a plastic magazine for holding staples which is connected to the base via a hanger and connected to the plastic head via a pin, and the magazine is in the form of an open box comprising a front wall, a left wall, a right wall and a bottom; a metal guide head disposed inside the plastic magazine at a front end thereof and substantially covering the front wall and front portions of the left wall, the right wall and the bottom of the plastic magazine; a first elastic mechanism for pushing the staples down the plastic magazine to reload the stapler; a second elastic member disposed between the pressing cap and the plastic head for pushing the pressing cap up to its original position after stapling; and a third elastic member disposed between the base and the plastic magazine for pushing the plastic magazine up to its original position after stapling.