US 11,746,815 B2
Staple and staple collation
David S. Koper, Milwaukee, WI (US); Nathan Bandy, Wauwatosa, WI (US); and Andrew R. Wyler, Pewaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/482,061.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/081,432, filed on Sep. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0090618 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 15/08 (2006.01); F16B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 15/08 (2013.01) [F16B 15/0015 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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 opposite ends, and
a pair of leg sections extending from the opposite ends of the crown section,
wherein the second staple is offset from the first staple in a first, lateral direction, and wherein the second staple is offset from the first staple in a second, vertical direction that is perpendicular to the lateral direction.