Paper guide for stapler
AssigneeACCO Brands Corporation
InventorsAnthony Jairam, Bikram Sohi
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Abstract
A stapler includes a base having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an anvil. The stapler further includes a paper guide coupled to the base and movable relative to the anvil between a first substantially locked and immovable position and a second substantially locked and immovable position, without requiring access to the bottom surface of the base. The paper guide includes a body portion supported on the top surface of the base, and a locking member coupled to the body portion and operable to substantially lock and unlock the body portion. The locking member is preferably a lever movable relative to the body portion and having a projection engageable with a ramped surface on one of the body portion or the base to lock the paper guide relative to the base.
Claims18
A stapler comprising:
- a base having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an anvil;
- and
- a paper guide coupled to the base and movable relative to the anvil between a first substantially locked and immovable position and a second substantially locked and immovable position without requiring access to the bottom surface of the base.
A stapler comprising:
- a base;
- and
- a paper guide coupled to the base and movable relative to the base, the paper guide including
- a body portion;
- and
- a locking member coupled to the body portion between the body portion and the base and being movable with respect to the body portion between a locked position, where the body portion is substantially locked and immovable with respect to the base, and an unlocked position, where the body portion is movable with respect to the base.
A method of adjusting a paper guide on a stapler, the stapler including a base having a bottom surface, and the paper guide including a body portion and a locking member movable relative to the body portion, the method comprising:
- moving the locking member relative to the body portion to an unlocked position without accessing the bottom surface;
- moving the body portion relative to the base;
- and
- moving the locking member relative to the body portion to a locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.