Patent ID: 8820601

Claim:
A hand tool for dispensing plastic fasteners, comprising: a gun shaped casing, said casing having a barrel portion, and a handle portion, said casing further having a needle assembly opening at the front of the barrel portion and a trigger slot on the front of said handle portion; a hollow needle; a needle assembly, said needle assembly being slidably movable back and forth between a retracted position disposed substantially within said casing and an extended position disposed substantially out of said casing through said needle assembly opening, said needle disposed on one end of said needle assembly; a trigger, said trigger being pivotally mounted within said casing and extending out from said trigger slot, said trigger being capable of moving said needle assembly between the retracted and extended positions; and an anvil, said anvil having a finger guide portion, a main portion and a tag slot, said tag slot separating said finger guide portion from said main portion wherein said anvil is interchangeable with anvils having different configurations.