US 11,806,854 B2
Insert for palm stapler, a palm stapler and a method of use thereof
Mark Ferris, Jackson, WY (US); Eric A. Miller, Jr., Wellesley, MA (US); John D. Fiegener, Marblehead, MA (US); Marcus R. Hanna, South Boston, MA (US); Ryan Thompson, Somerville, MA (US); and William P. Liteplo, Middleton, MA (US)
Assigned to BRAHMA INDUSTRIES LLC, Jackson, WY (US)
Filed by Brahma Industries LLC, Jackson, WY (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/793,635.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/807,592, filed on Feb. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0262044 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. B25C 7/00 (2006.01); B25C 5/15 (2006.01)
CPC B25C 7/00 (2013.01) [B25C 5/15 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A palm stapler comprising:
a housing;
a barrel extending outwardly from the housing;
a bore defined in the barrel, said bore being accessible through an opening defined in a first end of the barrel located remote from the housing;
a plate extending across the bore a distance inwardly from the first end of the barrel, wherein the plate is of a greater diameter than the opening to the bore, and wherein the plate includes a magnetic material or a paramagnetic material;
a spring configured to urge the plate towards the first end of the barrel;
a first slot defined in the plate, wherein the first slot is in fluid communication with the bore and the opening;
an insert selectively detachably insertable into the bore through the opening in the first end of the barrel, said insert further being selectively removable from the bore through the opening in the first end of the barrel, and wherein the insertion and removal of the insert is accomplished without disengaging the barrel from the housing;
one or more magnets provided proximate a first end of the insert, wherein when the insert is located within the bore of the barrel, the one or more magnets in the insert are engaged with the plate via magnetic attraction;
a second slot defined in the insert and being adapted to hold at least one of a plurality of fasteners therein, wherein the second slot is alignable with the first slot in the plate; and
a hammer provided for reciprocal movement through the bore, the first slot, and the second slot, wherein the hammer is adapted to drive the at least one of the plurality of fasteners out of the second slot of the insert and into a workpiece.