Patent ID: 7257934

Claim:
A method for applying an elastic band on an object, the method comprising the steps of: providing a source of elastic bands, providing at least one pair of fingers, each finger comprising a band stretching member; a band push-off member mounted adjacent to the band stretching member, and a push-off member actuator for moving the push-off member parallel to the longitudinal axis of the respective finger, whereby said fingers are movable away from and toward each other and movable between a band reception position and a band application position, placing a band on said band stretching member in a band reception position, moving the fingers of the pair away from each other to spread and to stretch the band, moving the spread fingers to the band application position, positioning an object to be banded within a perimeter of the stretched band, and activating the push-off member actuator to release the band from the band stretching member onto the object.