Aligning and locating device
OwnerCharles Dale Ramsdeninventor
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Abstract
An aligning and locating device (22) is provided. The device comprises a base portion (28) to be secured to a foot portion (24) of a stapler (26), the base portion (28) including two locating legs (38) defining a receiving cavity (36) between them. The receiving cavity (36) receives and aligns a locating formation of a corner device (10) in use. The device further comprises two upright aligners (30) extending from the base portion (28), the aligners defining between them an aligning cavity (34) for receiving a portion of a document. A lip (40) extends over the receiving cavity (36) to hold the corner device (10), in use, in position relative to the stapler (26) and the aligned document.
Claims13
An aligning and locating device comprising:
- a base portion to be secured to a foot portion of a stapler, the base portion including two locating legs defining a receiving cavity between them, wherein the receiving cavity receives and aligns a locating formation of a corner device in use;
- two upright aligners extending from the base portion, the aligners defining between them an aligning cavity for receiving a portion of, and aligning, a document,
- wherein the configuration of the receiving cavity and aligning cavity allows the corner device to be held in position, in use, relative to the stapler and the aligned document.
An aligning and locating device for use with a corner device which includes a main body, a locating formation and a neck connecting the locating formation to the main body, wherein the aligning and locating device comprises a base portion, two locating legs which are substantially coplanar with the base portion, which legs extend from the base portion and which define, between them, a receiving cavity which, in use, receives the locating formation of the corner device, the aligning and locating device further comprising at least two aligners which project from the base portion and which define an aligning cavity between them which, in use, receives a corner of a document which overlies the corner device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.