Invisible staple a transparent plastic staple

• US 20090053011A1
• Filed: 10/23/2007
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jesica Beth Brackett
• Original Assignee: Jesica Beth Brackett
• Inventors: Brackett, Jesica Beth
• Application Number:
  US11/975,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20090053011A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 411/457
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 15/0015 Staples

Abstract

The present invention will revolutionize the way consumers look at staples, literally. The clear transparent plastic staple, also referred to as the Invisible Staple, staple and staple strip, is made of a clear plastic material therefore admits light without appreciable diffusion or distortion so that objects and colors beyond or directly under the staple are visible.

Claims

1. A staple formed from a clear transparent plastic material that holds its preformed original shape, made to the specifications required by staple and stapler manufacturers, and adapted to be driven by a stapler or the like, in the open position not using the said stapler'"'"'s anvil for use in fastening material such as paper, photographs, and the like, onto a work area such as bulletin boards, cork boards, plaster walls, and the like, said staple comprising:

a pair of preformed, straight parallel legs; and

a preformed straight crown connecting said legs portion so that the legs are parallel at an angle of 90 degrees or as close to 90 degrees;

each of the said leg portions free from the said crown are defined by a sharp point such as blunt point tips, divergent point tips, chisel point tips, or the like, designed to penetrate said material to a said work area during the driving of the staple.

3. The staple in claim 1 and 2 further characterized in the plurality of said staples are provided in the form of a predetermined number to make a full strip, the length of said full strip fits into standard staplers, other stapling devices and the like as well as any future inventions claiming to be a stapler or the like.

4. The staple in claim 1 and 2 further characterized in that the said staple strip is held together using an adhesive or the like or manufactured by injection molding or the like.

5. The staple in claim 1 and 2 further characterized in that said staple and said staple strip are manufactured for standard staplers using a similar process of making its ware by machinery;

only the said plastic staple is made using a clear plastic material that hold its preformed original shape and may or may not be cold-bent to hold the bent position;

the said plastic material are such as but not limited to polymeric wire, semicrystalline polymer, glycolide-rich blend of polymers, polycarbon, lexan polycarbonate, nylon, acrylic, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), acetal and/or delrin, polyurethane, as well as other future materials and combination of materials including non-plastic materials claiming to hold the same or similar characteristics as the present invention.

6. The staple in claim 1 and 2 further characterized in that the said staple is made out of said clear plastic material but not limited to a clear, in addition, the said material used may have a colored tint or hue enhanced tone or the like.

7. The staple in claim 1 and 2 further characterized in that it differs from prior art and is novel because of it is made out of said clear plastic material and has a transparent appearance.

2. A staple formed from a clear transparent plastic material that can be cold-bent, driven by a said stapler in a predetermined direction based on the said stapler'"'"'s anvil for use in binding materials such as paper, photographs, and the like, said staple comprising:

a pair of preformed, straight parallel legs; and

a preformed straight crown connecting said legs portion so that the legs are parallel at an angle of 90 degrees or as close to 90 degrees;

each of the said leg portions free from the said crown are defined by a sharp point such as blunt point tips, divergent point tips, chisel point tips, or the like, designed to penetrate said material during the binding process.