Spare staple storage device
OwnerRobert B. Eisenhauer, III, Ricardo Romeuinventors
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Abstract
A spare staple storage device including a housing, a retaining mechanism, an end cap, a first magnet, and a second magnet. The housing having a first end, an opposing second end, and being adapted to secure to a stapler. The retaining mechanism carried by the housing and having a first end, adapted to selectively occlude a first opening at the first end of the housing, and an opposing second end. The end cap secured to the second end of the housing. The first magnet secured to the retaining mechanism at the second end of the retaining mechanism. The second magnet carried by the end cap and positioned to attract the first magnet and retain the retaining mechanism is in a closed configuration.
Claims18
A spare staple storage device comprising:
- a housing having a first end and an opposing second end and being adapted to secure to a stapler;
- a retaining mechanism carrier affixed to the housing;
- a retaining mechanism carried by the retaining mechanism carrier and being adapted to selectively occlude a first opening at the first end of the housing;
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- an elongate occluding member fixedly positioned to occlude a second opening at the second end of the housing.
A spare staple storage device comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a first hollow tube having a first end, an opposing second end, and a flat surface adapted to secure to a stapler extending along an entirety of a length of the first hollow tube between the first end and the second end;
- a retaining mechanism carrier affixed to the housing and comprising:
- a second hollow tube;
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- a retaining mechanism comprising:
- a threaded rod having a first elongate portion carried within the second hollow tube of the retaining mechanism carrier and a second elongate portion positioned outside of the second hollow tube of the retaining mechanism carrier with a ninety-degree angle formed between the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion;
- wherein the second elongate portion is adapted to selectively occlude a first opening at the first end of the first hollow tube.
A spare staple storage device comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a hollow, rectangular tube having a first end, an opposing second end, and a flat surface adapted to secure to a stapler extending along an entirety of a length of the hollow, rectangular tube between the first end and the second end;
- a retaining mechanism carrier affixed to the hollow, rectangular tube;
- a retaining mechanism comprising:
- a threaded elongate retaining member having a first elongate portion carried by the retaining mechanism carrier and a second elongate portion positioned outside of the retaining mechanism carrier and secured to the first elongate portion to form a ninety-degree angle between the first elongate portion and the second elongate portion,
- an aperture formed in the first elongate portion of the threaded elongate retaining member,
- a tube carried by the second elongate portion of the threaded elongate retaining member,
- a spring having a first end captured by the aperture of the first elongate portion of the threaded elongate retaining member,
- an elongate fastening member fixedly positioned to capture the spring and secure a second end of the spring to the retaining mechanism carrier,
- a threaded nut carried by the threaded elongate retaining member, and
- at least one staking dimple located on the retaining mechanism carrier between the threaded nut and a first end of the retaining mechanism carrier,
- wherein the second elongate portion is adapted to selectively occlude a first opening at the first end of the hollow, rectangular tube;
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- an elongate occluding member fixedly positioned to occlude a second opening at the second end of the hollow, rectangular tube;
- wherein the first end of the hollow, rectangular tube has a detent adapted to capture at least a portion of the retaining mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.