Stitch-it Staple-less Stapler from Inventor Jared Joyce

Paper Fasteners — 26 July 2010

An Innovative New Office Supply from Inventor Jared Joyce, can you guess what it is?

Back in April I highlighted Jared Joyce, an inventor of some pretty innovative office supplies, and at the time I shared some information on his Tape Stamp that he was introducing. As I write this today, Jared has another really cool office supply in the works. The photo above might not instantly remind you of any familiar office supply, however what you are looking at is intended to replace an every day desktop item that you have definitely used before.

Step by step, the Stitch-it automatic stapless stapler fastens your papers together

Step by step, the Stitch-it automatic staple-less stapler fastens your papers together

The item you are looking at is an automatic staple-less stapler that eliminates the need to fiddle with refilling and running out of staples, and having to get the staple placed in that perfect spot every time. You simply slide the corner of your papers into the right angle cut out of this tennis ball sized product, and it stitches the paper together with a perfectly placed isosceles right triangle every time. Now this product has not been released yet and I have not had a chance to get my hands on it to review it, so there are still a few elements that will remain unknown until later in the product development process.

Like the Tape Stamp, this product is something that Jared is developing using the social product development site, Quirky.com, which allows you to give suggestions and feedback on each step of the product development process and in return you can earn “influence” (some percent) of the product’s future revenue.

Personally I think this product has a lot of potential to help bring a cool new look to an age old task while reducing waste (less staples produced), and uncluttering your desk, and If that weren’t enough, it finally makes the act of stapling things just a little easier, neater, and more fun! If you want to learn more, check out the Stitch-It on Quirky, where you will also find some additional pictures and descriptions that detail how to use the product. You can also check out Jared’s personal site for more on all of his different projects and follow him on Twitter where he is @JARED_JOYCE.

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David

Gee, I’ve seen lots of these in the past staple-less staplers in the past. Most are hand operated eliminating the need for a power cord or batteries, unlike Jared’s product. Even though it is powered, It is limited to 5 sheets or less. IMO the papers will not separate as cleanly as a staple meeting a decent staple puller. At $5 bucks or so and no batteries or wall supply, might give it a go; otherwise – meh.

The tape stamper is a better idea. Useful, but only if you can use generic rolls of tape. Too often greedy marketeers come up with something like this then kill the product by trying to breed a cash cow through tying the users into proprietary consumables. Patent the tape stamper (the USPTO will patent anything these days if you have enough money), then hire a boat load (or Junk load) of patent attorneys in China to try and enforce it.

Cool post through OSG – I Like
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@David – I agree with some of your points, and I contemplated some of them but I figured it was best to leave all that out of my review since I didn’t actually get to use this product yet. I think this might be a great product though for those people who find themselves throwing together handouts and such for meetings when you are stapling only a few things, but lots of them which probably wont need to be separated. I can see it speeding up that process and making them look very neat and clean which would be important for a presentation hand out.

I agree that the Tape Stamper might be able to go more main stream though. I’m with you on the proprietary aspect of what some companies do, like the ink for printers, bu then again, I dont begrudge anyone who makes a great product and makes money off of it.

I’m glad you enjoyed the reviews and I really appreciate all the feedback, thank you!
penlover

You can check out a staplerless paper stapler from Kokuyo at the following site, they have a video showing how it works too. Cheers!
http://www.kokuyo-st.co.jp/stationery/sl-stapler/handy/
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@penlover – thanks for the link!