A collated strip of fasteners for use in a powered nail gun. Each fastener
has a head and an elongated shank extending outwardly therefrom and the
plurality of fasteners are disposed aligned one with the other. At least
two wire members are secured to the shanks of the aligned plurality of
fasteners so as to form a strip of connected fasteners. A first wire
member is secured to a first side of each of the shanks and a second wire
member is secured to a second and opposite side of each of the shanks.
The first and second wire members are spaced a distance apart from each
other so that a stable strip of fasteners is formed. A third wire member
may also be secured to the first side of the shanks a spaced distance
from the first wire member. In this instance, the second wire member is
secured to the second and opposite side of the shanks in a position
intermediate the first and third wire members.