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US 12,180,986 B2Granted
Staple and staple collation
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsDavid S. Koper, Nathan Bandy, Andrew R. Wyler
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Abstract
A staple includes a crown section having diamond shaped with a first curve, a second curve, and a third curve representing three points of a diamond. The crown section having opposite ends. A pair of leg sections extend from the opposite ends of the crown section.
Claims22
A staple comprising:
- a crown section having a diamond shape with a first curve, a second curve, and a third curve representing three points of a diamond, the crown section having opposite ends, and
- a pair of leg sections extending from the opposite ends of the crown section,
- wherein the crown section has an outer width that is greater than an outer width of the leg sections.
A staple collation comprising:
- a first staple;
- an identical second staple adjacent the first staple;
- and
- an adhesive material coupling the first staple to the second staple,
- wherein each of the first staple and the second staple includes
- a crown section having a diamond shape with a first curve, a second curve, and a third curve representing three points of a diamond, the crown section having opposite ends, and
- a pair of leg sections extending from the second curve and third curve, respectively, away from the crown section,
- wherein the crown section has an outer width that is greater than an outer width of the leg sections.
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A staple comprising:
- a crown section having a diamond shape with a first curve, a second curve, and a third curve representing three points of a diamond, the crown section having opposite ends, and
- a pair of leg sections extending from the opposite ends of the crown section,
- wherein a distal end of one of the leg sections has a forward-facing inclined face, and
- wherein a distal end of the other leg section has a rearward-facing inclined face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.