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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341146 | Screwdriver with dual cam slot for collated screws A screwdriver for driving collated screws including a slide body coupled to a housing for reciprocal displacement in a cycle including a retraction stroke and an extension stroke. A lever pivotably mounted to the slide body carries at one end a cam pin received in a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7272923 | Method for forming decorative staple strips A method for making decorative staple strips includes: cutting a thin metal sheet into a plurality of metal strips; assembling the metal strips; applying an adhesive to the assembled metal strips; subjecting the bonded metal strips to a punching process so as to for... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267682 | Anastomosis staple An anastomosis staple has a base from which multiple deformable tines extend. At least one tine may be offset from at least one other tine. The tines are moveable from a first configuration to a second configuration. The staple optionally includes at least one align... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7228998 | Hammer tacker, and tack therefor A hammer tacker has a strike, a tack-driving piston, a tack-feeding mechanism, and a handle for a user to cause a strike against a target. The piston cycles between drive and retraction strokes. The tack-feeding mechanism cycles between recession and feed strokes to... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7118020 | Stapler A stapler is provided for stapling decorative staples into a sheet media, where the decorative staples have an indicia platform and a plurality of prongs. The stapler includes a base and a cartridge assembly pivotably mounted to the base. The cartridge assembly has ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118318 | Wire protector and retainer An apparatus for protecting and retaining a wire includes a molded body forming a passage adapted to receive and retain the wire between the molded body and a mounting structure. The apparatus also includes at least three apertures through the molded body where at l... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7097403 | Reduced material fastener A reduced material fastener has a shank cross-section selected to provide a parting line. Having a parting line means that the fastener may be made using two opposing dies, including roller dies, to cold form the cross-section. The cross-sections do not have to be s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090455 | Stacked assembly of roofing caps A staple or nail gun assembly includes a staple or nail gun, a cap feeding device and a cap having a peripheral rim disposed on its underside, a marginal edge on its upper side adjacent a central portion having the shape of a truncated cone. The staple or nail gun a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7014407 | Full-round, offset-head nail A wire nail for use with a powered nail-driving tool has a full-round head with an axis that is offset from an axis of the integrally formed shank. An outer circumferential surface of the shank is at least as offset from the shank axis in one radial direction as a c... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6835027 | Staple for securing geo-textile material to the ground There is provided a device for securing geo-textile material in place on the ground in the form of a fastener having a top member and at least one elongated leg member. The leg member is driven into the ground in close proximity to the geo-textile material. The top ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6533516 | Interlocking shim An interlocking shim system having interlocking grooves and teeth. The interlocking shim does not require extraneous tools for the process of installation. The system also includes magnets for placing a shim pack in an uneven environment. Since the interl... | 03/18/2003 |
| 5927922 | Tack, hammer tacker therefor, and method A tack for holding soft thin membrane-like materials such as roof shingles, roofing felt, or house wrap is produced in collated strips from a stock of band sheet metal. Each tack has a head and a shank lanced out of the head and bent out to leave behind a... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5788445 | Strip for supporting nails A strip includes a number of triangular holes each formed by a triangular peripheral wall for engaging with fasteners and for decreasing the contact area between the strip and the fasteners. The triangular peripheral walls each includes three surfaces eac... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5620289 | Colored staples Colored staples with color identification components are disclosed. A plurality of staples is provided. Each such plurality has a central section in a first plane and end sections in planes spaced parallel with each other and perpendicular to the first pl... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5509768 | Screw retaining strap for screwing gun device A strap supports a number of screws for supplying the screws into a screwing gun device. The strap include a number of holes for engaging with the screws and includes a number of resilient blades for retaining the screws in place. The strap includes a num... | 04/23/1996 |
| 4932187 | Refractory anchor system and method A method for lining furnace walls with insulation is provided where a plurality of hanger assemblies which are elongated lengths of metal support members each having a plurality of elongate studs secured to one surface in a predetermined spaced alignment ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4815910 | Collated nail strip A plurality of fasteners each having an enlarged head with a slot or a passageway there through to accommodate and cage the shank of another like fastener so that the plurality of fasteners form a self-contained collated strip. Preferably the fastener has... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4220070 | Nailing strip for nails to be driven therefrom A nailing strip for use in a nailing machine comprises an elongated stamped and formed sheet metal strip of nails which includes a plurality of substantially rectangular nail heads integrally interconnected along the length of the strip by integral interc... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4040325 | Tack-strip as obtained by head-cementing A tack package to be loaded in a tack-spitting machine magazine is disclosed, in which the individual tacks are arranged in line and consecutive tack heads are cemented to each other by a hot melt adhesive applied in drops; when using a glue-gun or simila... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4002098 | Notched head nail having a pair of depending annularly spaced radial abutment ribs and package thereof A nail constructed with conventional heading equipment with a notched open-sided partially circular head having a pair of annularly spaced radially extending ribs depending from the underside thereof to permit burr growth without interfering with the inte... | 01/11/1977 |
