ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,044, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to LEITZ ACCO Brands GmbH & Co KG (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Stapling device" was invented by Thomas Schneider (Leonberg, Germany), Ulrich Schneider (Stuttgart, Germany), Kurt Leute (Blumberg, Germany) and Ou Cui (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stapling device includes an anvil leg, an anvil plate, a staple magazine, which can be pivoted relative to the anvil leg about a transverse axis, a driver for carrying out stapling through a gap at the front end of the staple magazine, and an actuation apparatus for acting upon the driver toward the anvil plate. The actuation apparatus has ...