Fastener for furring articles from a supporting surface

Claim 1

A STAPLE-SHAPED FASTENER FOR SECURING A WIRE-LIKE OBJECT IN SPACED RELATION TO A SUPPORT, SAID STAPLE COMPRISING A ONE PIECE INTEGRAL BODY FORMED SYMMETRICALLY ABOUT A LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED AXIS AND INCLUDING. A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED AND PARALLEL SHANKS EQUIDISTANTLY SPACED AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID AXIS, EACH OF SAID SHANKS HAVING SUPPORT PENERTRATING TERMINAL END; A CENTRALLY DISPOSED HEAD MEMBER OF INVERTED U-SHAPE HAVING A TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED BAIL AND A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED AND PARALLEL SIDES, THE SIDES BEING INTEGRALLY AND BENDABLY JOINED TO SAID BAIL AND SPACED CONSIDERABLY CLOSER TO SAID AXIS THAN ARE SAID SHANKS; AND A PAIR OF SHOULDERS EXTENDING INTEGRALLY BETWEEN AND BENDABLY JOINED TO THE ENDS OF THE SHANKS REMOTE FROM THEIR PENETRATING TERMINAL ENDS AND BENDABLY JOINED TO THE ENDS OF SAID SIDES REMOTE FROM SAID BAIL RESPECTIVELY, EACH OF SAID SHOULDER MEMBERS BEING TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED BETWEEN AN ADJACENT SHANK AND A SIDE OF THE HEAD MEMBER AND OPPOSITELY INCLINED AND SLIGHTLY ANGULARLY RELATED TO THE SHANKS AND SAID SIDE OF THE HEAD AT LIKE ANGLES; SAID STAPLE-SHAPED FASTENER IN USE HAVING THE SAID WIRELIKE OBJECT DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SIDES OF THE HEAD MEMBER, SAID SHOULDERS BEING ENGAGED AND DRIVEN FOR PENETRATION OF THE SHANKS INTO SAID SUPPORT AND FOR STRAIGHTENING ENGAGEMENT OF SAID SHOULDERS UPON SAID SUPPORT, THEREBY BENDING SAID ANGLES OF JOINDER INTO SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES OF JOINDER AND BENDING SAID JOINDERS OF THE BAIL AND SIDES OF THE HEAD MEMBER BY FORCING SAID SIDES OF THE HEAD MEMBER TOWARD SAID AXIS AND DIVERGENTLY DISPOSING THEM INTO CONTACTING RELATION WITH AND TO RETAIN SAID WIRELIKE OBJECT AGAINST SAID BAIL AND IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID SUPPORT.