Hole-Puncher Stapler

I keep forgetting about this, but I have a genius idea. You can probably tell what it is by the title. I first came up with in in Biology when I was hole punching my papers

So the general idea is that it looks like a regular 3 hole hole-puncher, but it's a little longer so that you have room to add the stapler at the top.



My hole puncher looks like the one above, except it's a more sensible black. And my mini stapler looks almost exactly like that one, except it's longer and probably 20 or so years older. But the shorter version is actually better for our purposes.

I'm not good at building things, but the way I visualize it, you'd take a regular hole-puncher and just extend on top around an inch or two. Maybe an inch and a half. In the extra space, you'd have to metal plating that gives the staple it's shape. And then the stapler dispenser thing would be attached to the pressing part on top, just like in a normal stapler. The only problem is that it could probably only hold 20 - 30 staples.

Height isn't an issue, I would assume, because my stapler and hole-puncher are the same height. In fact, it's kind of crazy how similar they are in height.

The pressing part would be split in two. One for the hole-puncher and the other for the stapler. Obviously, the stapler part would be drastically shorter, around the same length as the metal plate.

I guess it would be kind of awkward that the hole-puncher part slants down, while the stapler part slants up.

I think that could be fixed by either adding extra material to the back of the stapler part, or simple leaving it as is. Since the pressing part is going to be detached anyways, the bottom could be a single piece while the top is clearly two parts.

I'd add a picture of the blueprints, but they're pretty terrible and I drew it on an index card, so you guys will have to visualize it yourself. Maybe somebody could try drawing it. Except my description is pretty bad too.


Starting after 6/8/2014, 6 - 8 - 14, June 8, 2014, or however you write the date, I officially unofficially claim rights to the hole puncher stapler. I really don't mind if someone else makes it because I probably won't ever be able to create a physical version by myself, but please don't claim the idea as your own.