US 12,240,089 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 Jul. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/350,870.
Application 18/350,870 is a division of application No. 16/793,635, filed on Feb. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,806,854.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/807,592, filed on Feb. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356377 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B25C 7/00 (2006.01); B25C 5/15 (2006.01)
CPC B25C 7/00 (2013.01) [B25C 5/15 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of installing a fastener in a work surface comprising:
providing a palm stapler having a housing with a barrel extending outwardly therefrom, defining a bore in the barrel which is accessible through an opening defined in an end of the barrel;
providing a hammer for reciprocal movement within the bore;
engaging a fastener in a slot defined in a body of an insert which is detached from the palm stapler;
inserting the insert into the bore through the opening in the end of the barrel;
extending a plate formed out of one of a magnetic material and a paramagnetic material across the bore of the barrel a distance inwardly from the end of the barrel, wherein the plate is of a greater diameter than the opening to the bore;
providing one or more magnets in the insert; and
magnetically attracting the insert to the plate after inserting the insert into the bore through the opening:
positioning a bottom end of the insert adjacent a work surface;
activating a hammer actuating mechanism in the palm stapler;
engaging the hammer with the hammer actuating mechanism;
striking the fastener in the insert with the hammer as the hammer moves through the bore; and
driving the fastener into the work surface with the hammer.