Patent ID: 7311236

Claim:
A stapler for binding a workpiece with a staple, said staple comprising a crown and a leg projecting normal to said crown at each of respective first and second ends of said crown, each leg including a leg end portion, said stapler comprising: (a) a driver movable to engage a staple and force said leg end portions of said staple to pierce said workpiece; (b) an anvil including an anvil surface to support said workpiece and portions defining an aperture in said anvil surface arranged to receive said leg end portions of said staple, said anvil comprising: (i) a first anvil plate supported by a frame of said stapler and including a first anvil surface portion and a first side surface arranged substantially normal to said first anvil surface portion; and (ii) a second anvil plate including a second anvil surface portion and a second side surface arranged substantially normal to said second anvil surface portion, said second side surface including a relieved portion intersecting said second anvil surface portion, said second anvil plate supported by said frame of said stapler with said second side surface abutting said first side surface of said first anvil plate and said first and second anvil surface portions arranged contiguously; and (c) a clincher translationally slidable in said aperture to bend said leg end portions toward said crown of said staple.