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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2022
Magnetic Mechanisms L.l.c., Shoreview, MN (US);
Jeffery M. Eliason, Shoreview, MN (US);
Mitchell Porch, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Joseph Funk, St. Paul, MN (US);
Braden J. Eliason, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Benjamin J. Larsen, St. Paul, MN (US);
David A. Melander, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Rebecca E. Wereley, Richfield, MN (US);
Magnetic Mechanisms L.L.C, Shoreview, MN (US);
Abstract
A device for attachment to a surface of a ferromagnetic object and for holding an item near the surface, including: a base with a frame and grip portion, the grip portion coupled to the frame at the rear side and having an outer surface for gripping the surface; a magnet-retaining portion pivotally connected to an end of the frame; a magnetic device connected to the magnet-retaining portion and having an outer surface displaced frontwardly from the outer surface of the grip portion; a cover pivotally connected to another end of the frame, the cover including a lifter configured to contact an end of the magnet-retaining portion and cause an end of the magnet-retaining portion to pivot about the frame when the cover is lifted and the lifter is rotated, thereby moving the first end of the magnet-retaining portion and the magnetic device in a rear-to-front direction; and an item-holding portion.