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A plurality of fasteners each having an enlarged head with a slot or a passageway there through to accommodate and cage the shank of another like fastener so that the plurality of fasteners form a self-contained collated strip. Preferably the fastener has at least three spaced vertical cups and edge

A plurality of fasteners each having an enlarged head with a slot or a passageway there through to accommodate and cage the shank of another like fastener so that the plurality of fasteners form a self-contained collated strip. Preferably the fastener has at least three spaced vertical cups and edges about a central core with a pair of adjacent edges of one fastener caged in the complimentary slot of the adjacent-like fastener. A notch is provided on such pair of edges to releasably lock the fasteners together in the strip.

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A plurality of fasteners collated together in a strip in a side by side relationship for use in a fastener tool, each fastener comprising: (a) an elongated shank having a flat head at a first end and a point at a second end, (b) an annular edge circumscribing the flat head with at least one cut out

A plurality of fasteners collated together in a strip in a side by side relationship for use in a fastener tool, each fastener comprising: (a) an elongated shank having a flat head at a first end and a point at a second end, (b) an annular edge circumscribing the flat head with at least one cut out slot on the edge, and (c) the slot being of a depth and width sufficient to capture the shank of an adjacent fastener to prevent the adjacent fastener from disengaging from its side by side relationship until a force is exerted on the head of a fastener positioned at a lowest level in the collated strip.