Staple device with extension rod
OwnerMichael Allen Bombulieinventor
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Abstract
A staple device with an extension rod allows an installer to use the device to hold and pull tension on a string of wired lights and secure them to a surface, such as the underside of eaves or soffits on a dwelling. The activation of the stapling device is achieved by a pushing motion against the surface to be stapled to rather than the squeezing motion of current stapling devices. The staple device also provides greater mobility to the installer as opposed to the current method of positioning and repositioning a ladder around the base of the dwelling. The present invention allows the installer to quickly traverse the base of the dwelling and install the holiday lights in a more efficient manner than with the use of a ladder and squeeze-type staple staplers.
Claims15
An apparatus for installing a wired lights to a surface, the apparatus comprising:
- a staple device, the staple device further comprising;
- a plurality of staples contained within the staple device;
- a staple anvil slidably located within the staple device;
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- a tension and activation component fixed externally to the staple device to hold and tension at least one wired lights against a surface;
- an extension rod attached to the staple device that applies force that drives each of the plurality of staples into the surface;
- a rotation gear fixed externally to the staple device and rotatably attached to a rotation gear bearing and having a rotation gear teeth;
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- a rack gear fixed to the tension and activation component that engages with the rotation gear teeth to transfer the liner motion of the tension and activation component into rotational motion to rotate the anvil actuator arm.
A method for installing a wired lights to a surface, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) engaging a first portion of a wired lights with a staple device;
- (a1) securing the first portion of the wired lights within a groove of a tension and activation component of the staple device,
- (b) raising the staple device to a surface via an extension rod fixed to the staple device;
- (c) pushing the staple device toward the surface with the extension rod;
- (c1) retracting the tension and activation component;
- rotating a rotational gear having rotation gear teeth engaged with a rack gear of the tension and activation component;
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- (d) embedding a staple into the surface, securing the first portion of the wired lights to the surface via the staple.
An apparatus for installing a wired lights to a surface, the apparatus comprising:
- a staple device, the staple device further comprising;
- a mechanism that uses a pushing motion to drive a staple into a surface;
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- a tension and activation externally to the staple device to hold and tension at least one wired lights against the surface;
- an extension rod attached to the staple device that applies a force for the pushing motion that drives the staple into the surface;
- a rotation gear fixed externally to the staple device and rotatably attached to a rotation gear bearing and having a rotation gear teeth;
- and a rack gear fixed to the tension and activation component that engages with the rotation gear teeth to transfer the liner motion of the tension and activation component into rotational motion to rotate the anvil actuator arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.