Staple gun improvement ideas

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Revision as of 23:57, 27 February 2007

List of ideas as of 2/27/07: (45 ideas)

Contents 1 Reloading 2 Grip Ergonomics 3 Safety 4 Mobility 5 Alignment 6 Lighter Weight 7 Easier to Squeeze 8 Staple Removal 9 Staples Remaining Notification 10 Wire Stapling Attachment 11 Level Attachment 12 Getting Hard to Staple Places 13 Sound 14 Power

Reloading

• word notification on inside of slot
• word warning on incorrect place (on slider)
• lip to prevent wrong loading
• curved sliding bar to prevent wrong loading

Grip Ergonomics

• make handle rubber/silicon (water resistant)
• scissor action for small hands
• lip on handle to scoot hand back farther
• finger grooves on bottom grip
• loops for smaller hands (makes grip smaller)

Safety

• button lock
• sliding lock that blocks staple output area unless it is pressed against a surface
• system that prevents staples from being loaded until handle is being squeezed
• mechanism that doesn't catch until user specifies that they need it to

Mobility

• wrist strap (also applies to safety)
• plastic clip on side of chassis
• fabric clip on side of chassis
• ring on handle
• caribbeaner styled clip at the end of the bottom oval grip\

Alignment

• arrows

Lighter Weight

• make more parts out of plastic

Easier to Squeeze

• longer handle
• have handle change angle so as to squeeze from farther away

Staple Removal

• lip on front
• lip on back
• lip that flips out from chassis
• implement pulling up action to pull staple out

Staples Remaining Notification

• slot
• battery labels
• actual counter (use staple thicknesses)
• bump that moves in when stapler runs out
• drive current through staples to detect how many are left (based on resistance)

Wire Stapling Attachment

• slider on front of stapler
• bars that flip down from the sides
• something that the staples actually hit

Level Attachment

• level incorporated
• level as an attachment (same place where something else attaches?)
• ruler option

Getting Hard to Staple Places

• orientation change
• tube attachment that connects to piston and takes one staple at a time
• preloading lock with button release (can switch modes)
• handle lock to minimize the extent of sqeezing (like safety lock that is already on our staple gun)

Sound

• felt on plastic piece

Power

• rachet mechanism
• dead blow hammer that slides out
• tough flat section to be used as a hammer