Patent ID: 8360703

Claim:
A fastener assembly for use in an associated fastener driving tool for driving a fastener from the assembly into an associated substrate, the fastener assembly comprising: a row of fasteners arranged substantially parallel to each other and at an angle relative to an axis of a selected one of the fasteners, each fastener having a shank and a head, the head being larger in diameter than the shank, the shanks being spaced from adjacent shanks at least a distance so that the head of a fastener does not contact the shank of an adjacent fastener; and a molded tape-less collation system formed from a plastic material that is molded onto and adhered to the fasteners, the plastic material defining a collar portion fully encircling the fastener shank, the plastic material further defining a connecting portion extending between and connecting adjacent collar portions, said connecting portion formed as a bridge and a rib, the plastic material being formulated from an adhesive polymer that is, at least in part, a modified polyolefin, the collar portion being formed on the shank a discrete length less than a length of the shank, wherein the collar portion and substantially the entire connecting portion remains adhered to the fastener at a location at which the collar portion is molded onto the fastener shank even after being drive into a substrate.