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Stapler

Granted 1 Dec 1998 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Acco Usa, Inc. · originally ACCO USA, INC.

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Inventors: Timothy J. Parsey, Antonio J. Belton, Michael D. Prince · Examiner: Philip S. Hyder · AU 292 · TC 2900

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filed 27 Aug 1997
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US D401825
granted 1 Dec 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the stapler of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof, the left side view being the mirror image of the right side view;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the base portion of the stapler with the top portion rotated to a vertical position;

FIG. 8 is a front view of the stapler with the top rotated to a 90° position;

FIG. 9 is bottom view of an alternative embodiment of the stapler of the present invention; and,

FIG. 10 is a front view of the alternative embodiment with the top rotated to a 90° position, all other views of this alternative embodiment are the same as the embodiment of FIGS. 1-8.

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D08/50D19/72D80/49

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