ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,743, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Cartridge and stapler" was invented by Takushi Shindo (Tokyo) and Futoshi Kameda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a cartridge to be mounted on a stapler, and a stapler. The cartridge includes: a cartridge main body configured to accommodate a staple; a lever attached to the cartridge main body to be displaceable with respect to the cartridge main body; and a fixing portion for fixing the cartridge to the stapler when the cartridge is loaded on the stapler. The fixing portion is located at a first position in a fixed state where the cartridge is fixe...