ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,661, issued on July 29, was assigned to APEX MFG. Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Hammer tacker" was invented by Chih-Yung Lin (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hammer tacker is provided, wherein the hammer tacker includes: a main body integrally made of plastic and including two side walls and a top wall, each side wall including an ear portion which includes a stop point, a first position and a second position between two ends of each side wall and the stop point, each side wall being gradually thicker from the first position to the stop point, from the second position to the stop point, and from the top wall to the ...