Patent Application
20230202012
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The disclosure relates to stapling devices and more particularly pertains to a new stapling device for safely fastening an item to a substrate. The present invention discloses a stapling device comprising a staple gun having a bulb which allows a user to selectively illuminate a target area where a staple is to be fastened.
The prior art relates to stapling devices. Such stapling devices have a variety of configurations, such as stapling devices equipped with wire guides to guide staples around wires. What is lacking in the prior art is a stapling device comprising a staple gun having a bulb which allows a user to selectively illuminate a target area where a staple is to be fastened.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a staple gun and a bulb. The staple gun comprises a staple driver, a handle, and a staple cartridge. The staple driver is positioned in a front portion of the staple gun. The handle is hingedly engaged to the front portion and extends over a back portion of the staple gun. The handle is operationally engaged to the staple driver. Levering of the handle toward the back portion actuates the staple driver to fasten a staple into a substrate. An item that is positioned between the staple and the substrate is fastened to the substrate. The staple cartridge is positioned in the staple gun and extends along a bottom of the staple gun. The staple cartridge is configured to selectively feed the staple to the staple driver. The bulb is engaged to the staple gun proximate to the staple driver. The bulb is configured to selectively illuminate a target area of the substrate into which the staple is to be fastened.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
Levering of the handle 18 toward the back portion 24 actuates the staple driver 16 to fasten the staple 30 into a substrate 32. An item 34 that is positioned between the staple 30 and the substrate 32 is fastened to the substrate 32. The bulb 14 is engaged to the staple gun 12 proximate to the staple driver 16. The bulb 14 is configured to selectively illuminate a target area 36 of the substrate 32 into which the staple 30 is to be fastened. The present invention is anticipated to be of use in fulfilling a variety of fastening tasks. For example, the target illuminating stapling device 10 is useful in fastening a low voltage wire 38 to a substrate 32, such as a wall or a ceiling. The bulb 14 illuminates both the low voltage wire 38 and the target area 36 of the substrate 32, minimizing a risk of damage to the low voltage wire 38 during stapling.
The bulb 14 may comprise a set of light emitting diodes 40, or other illuminating means, such as, but not limited to, lasers, incandescent lights, and the like. The set of light emitting diodes 40 comprises at least two light emitting diodes 40. The set of light emitting diodes 40 may comprise three light emitting diodes 40, as shown in
A battery 42 is positioned in the staple gun 12 and is operationally engaged to the bulb 14, thus positioning the battery 42 to selectively power the bulb 14. An opening 44 is positioned in the staple gun 12 proximate to the battery 42. The opening 44 is configured to allow access the battery 42. A panel 46 is selectively couplable to the staple gun 12 to close the opening 44. The present invention anticipates the battery 42 being integral to the staple gun 12 and rechargeable by means of a port and charging cable (not shown). The present invention also anticipate the staple gun 12 being electrically or pneumatically powered.
A switch 48 is engaged to the handle 18 and is configured to be switched upon levering of the handle 18 relative to the back portion 24. The switch 48 is operationally engaged to the bulb 14 and the battery 42. The bulb 14 is operationally engaged to the battery 42 upon levering of the handle 18 toward the back portion 24, as shown in
The switch 48 may comprise a first contact 50 and a second contact 52, as shown in
In use, the target illuminating stapling device 10 enables a method 54 of illuminating and fastening an item to a substrate using a staple. As shown in
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
