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User selectable shaped staple and apparatus and method for use thereofRelated Patent Categories: Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-deformed, Or Locked-threaded Fastener, Impact Driven Fastener, E.g., Nail, Spike, Tack, Etc., Multiple Prong, E.g., Nailing Plate, Staple, Etc.User selectable shaped staple and apparatus and method for use thereof description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070041809, User selectable shaped staple and apparatus and method for use thereof. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates generally to staplers and, more specifically, to user selectable shaped staples and a stapler for dispensing said user selectable staples. The stapler has a replaceable guide housing assembly designed for the particular user selectable staple having components including a punch, die and guide conforming substantially to the shape of the head of the staple for driving the user selectable staple into a designated material, such as sheets of paper, selected for said fastening method. [0003] The staples are comprised of a head portion and parallel leg portions with the legs extending substantially perpendicular from the planar head portion and wherein the head portion is of a style depicting a form such as a trademark, company logo, a letter or symbol of any kind. [0004] In addition the present invention provides for an additional element in the form of a kit whereby users having the stapler of the present can purchase a kit comprised of a different staple design of any color or shape having a plurality of said staple along with the mating punch head, top guide and bottom guide for that particular design of staple. The kits would be available through retail outlets such as K-Mart, Apple, Stop & Shop, Macy's, King Kullen, etc. The kits can also be custom made for companies for any logos that they have. [0005] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0006] There are other stapler device designed for specialized staples. Typical of these is U.S. Pat. No. 1,554,686 issued to Muth on Sep. 22, 1925. [0007] Another patent was issued to Havener on Aug. 25, 1931 as U.S. Pat. No. 1,820,224. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 2,473,253 was issued to Place on Jun. 14, 1949 and still yet another was issued on Jan. 8, 1980 to Sato as U.S. Pat. No. 4,182,474. [0008] Another patent was issued to Yanagida on May 13, 1980 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,202,481. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 4,878,608 was issued to Mitsuhashi on Nov. 7, 1989. U.S. Pat. No. 1,554,686 Inventor: John Muth Issued: Sep. 22, 1925 [0009] In a strip staple machine, the combination with means for feeding a staple strip and means for severing and driving the individual staples, of means for engaging a leg of the foremost staple on said strip and holding said staple against turning during the severing operation, said machine having means for positively moving said engaging and holding means into and out of a position so to engage said leg. U.S. Pat. No. 1,820,224 Inventor: Arthur R. Havener Issued: Aug. 25, 1931 [0010] Disclosed is a holder and carrier for a riveting machine having, in combination, a slide, a pair of oppositely disposed spring arms fast to said slide and spaced apart, and a pair of oppositely disposed plates fast to the lower ends of said arms, the under faces of said plates being provided with grooves, which form a guideway adapted to receive and hold a flat piece of material. U.S. Pat. No. 2,473,253 Inventor: Desmond R. LaPlace Issued: Jun. 14, 1949 [0011] The invention is an apparatus of the class described comprising a magazine for holding flat staples in face-to-face relation, the staples having a head portion and two leg portions, means for moving staples horizontally one at a time from the magazine, and means for deflecting the legs of the staple vertically by swinging them about an axis that transverses the head, and means for confining the head in a horizontal position during such operation of moving the staples and bending the legs. U.S. Pat. No. 4,182,474 Inventor: Hisao Sato Issued: Jan. 8, 1980 Continue reading about User selectable shaped staple and apparatus and method for use thereof... Full patent description for User selectable shaped staple and apparatus and method for use thereof Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this User selectable shaped staple and apparatus and method for use thereof patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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