WO2007024749B1 - Rotating magnetic fastener - Google Patents

Rotating magnetic fastener

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Publication number
WO2007024749B1
WO2007024749B1 PCT/US2006/032478 US2006032478W WO2007024749B1 WO 2007024749 B1 WO2007024749 B1 WO 2007024749B1 US 2006032478 W US2006032478 W US 2006032478W WO 2007024749 B1 WO2007024749 B1 WO 2007024749B1
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Prior art keywords
magnet
fastener system
sheet
attaching
magnets
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Application number
PCT/US2006/032478
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French (fr)
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WO2007024749A3 (en
Inventor
Kenneth D Rairden
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Kenneth D Rairden
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Publication of WO2007024749B1 publication Critical patent/WO2007024749B1/en

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Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
    • A41F1/00—Fastening devices specially adapted for garments
    • A41F1/002—Magnetic fastening devices
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05C—BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS
    • E05C19/00—Other devices specially designed for securing wings, e.g. with suction cups
    • E05C19/16—Devices holding the wing by magnetic or electromagnetic attraction
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/32—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc. having magnetic fastener

Abstract

A fastening system preferably using one or more spherical magnets attached to a first object or article for free relative rotation. If a second object or article is provided with one or more similar magnets, likewise rotatable relative to said object, after bringing the article into a spatial relationship where the magnetic force of one magnet has an effect on the other magnet, one or both magnets will rotate and position a polar region opposite to the polar region of the other magnet and thereby attract the other magnet and their associated objects or articles towards each other.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS received by the International Bureau on10 April 2007 (10.04.07)
1. A fastener system for releasably attaching a first member to a second member, a magnet, means for attaching said magnet to said first member permitting rotation of said magnet relative to said first member while retaining said magnet against separating from said first member.
2. The fastener system of claim 1 in which said second member includes a ferrous material.
3. The fastener system of claim 2 in which said ferrous material comprises a magnet.
4. The fastener system of claim 3 including means for attaching said ferrous material to said second member permitting rotation of said ferrous material relative to said second member while retaining said ferrous material against separation from said second member.
5. The fastener system of claim 1 in which said first member and said second member comprise separate portions of a flexible sheet of material.
6. The fastener system of claim 1 in which said first member comprises a flexible sheet, and said attaching means includes spaced stitched layers of said sheet between which said magnet is contained for free rotatable movement while preventing withdrawal of said magnet from said sheet
7. The fastener system of claim 1 hi which said magnet is of generally spherical shape.
8. The fastener system of claim 1 in which said magnet has a length substantially equal to its width.
9. The fastener system of claim 3 in which said first member and said second member comprise portions of a flexible sheet, and in which said attaching means includes
AMENDED SHEET (ARTICLE 19) stitched layers of said sheet between which said magnet is contained, and said ferrous material is constrained between attached layers of said sheet spaced from said first mentioned stitched layers.
10. The fastener system of claim 8 in which said magnet is of cylindrical configuration,
11. The fastener system of claim 8 in which said magnet is of cube-like configuration.
12. The fastener system of claim S in which said magnet has a plurality of flat sides extending from the opposite poles of the magnet,
13. A fastener system for attaching a first portion of a flexible sheet of material to a second portion of the same sheet or to another object, which includes providing a generally spherical magnet, providing said first portion of ssaid sheet with a means for attaching said magnet to said sheet, said means comprijiing a pair of complementary U-shaped housings insertable on opposite edges of said sheet to define a chamber therebetween, said spherical magnet being freely rotatable in said chamber while being restrained from removal.
14. A first spherical magnet, a second spherical magnet, a piece of non-magnetic substantially rigid material between said first and second magnets, each of said magnets being movable along its respective side of said piece of material, and during such movement will magnetically attract the other magnet.
15. The magnet of claim 14 in which a non-magnetic object may be placed between one of said magnets and said piece of material whereby upon movement of the other of said magnets on the other side of said piece of material, the said one magnet and said object will be moved along its side of said piece of material to correspond to movement of said other of said magnet.
AMENDED SHEET (ARTICLE 19)
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Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US71050805P 2005-08-22 2005-08-22
US60/710,508 2005-08-22
US11/298,099 US20070039141A1 (en) 2005-08-22 2005-12-09 Rotating magnetic fastener
US11/298,099 2005-12-09

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WO2007024749A2 WO2007024749A2 (en) 2007-03-01
WO2007024749A3 WO2007024749A3 (en) 2007-04-19
WO2007024749B1 true WO2007024749B1 (en) 2007-06-14

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