ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,538, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Hammer tacker" was invented by Thomas Pelletier (Wallingford, Conn.) and Kun-Ta Wu (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hammer tacker comprises a housing, a staple holder, and a latch operatively connected to the staple holder. The latch comprises a pivotable press member that is movable about a pivot axis between a lock position and a release position. The pivotable press member is resiliently biased towards the lock position. An elongated body of the staple holder is biased towards a normal position and movable against such bia...