ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,493, issued on March 17, was assigned to Avery Dennison Corp. (Mentor, Ohio).
"Staple apparatus and methods for stapling" was invented by William J. Cooper (Shrewsbury, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A staple apparatus can comprise a staple head movable in a first staple direction from a head retracted position to a head extended position. The staple apparatus can further comprise an indexing apparatus comprising an index biasing member and an indexing member. The indexing member can be positioned at least partially within an indexing area and biased with the index biasing member toward a member extended position relative to t...