US 11,913,483 B2
Insulated staple and staple collation
Coby A. Nettleton, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/332,150.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/071,607, filed on Aug. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/030,987, filed on May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0372451 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. F16B 15/08 (2006.01); F16B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 15/0015 (2013.01) [F16B 15/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A staple collation comprising:
a plurality of insulated staples, each including
a staple including a crown extending between a pair of legs; and
an insulator including an insulator bridge extending between a pair of insulator legs and a channel extending from an end of one of the insulator legs to an end of the other of the insulator legs;
wherein the staple is at least partially received in the channel,
wherein a width of the channel at the insulator bridge is greater than a thickness of the staple crown,
wherein the insulator includes a plurality of protrusions extending into the channel and defining therebetween a gap that, in absence of the staple, has a width less than the width of the staple crown to provide a friction fit between the staple crown and the insulator, and
wherein the protrusions include a tapered profile that engages with the crown of the staple; and
a plurality of frangible connectors extending from the insulator and coupling adjacent insulated staples.