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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Bswitched Jewelry Llc, Dacula, GA (US);
Inventors:
Terrell A. Pruitt, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Bobbi Jo Shingleton, Dacula, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44C 5/20 (2006.01); A41F 1/00 (2006.01); A44B 99/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A41F 1/002 (2013.01); A44B 99/00 (2013.01); A44C 5/2071 (2013.01); A44D 2203/00 (2013.01); Y10T 24/32 (2015.01);
Abstract
Example embodiments of the systems and methods of magnetic clasping disclosed herein include a a self-aligning interlocking magnetic clasp. When the two halves are placed within close proximity of each other, the magnetic attraction of the magnets within the clasps orient the parts, and the mechanical features of a key, a keyway and a sliding face align. These features hold the two clasps together with the opposed sliding faces coincident and the keys and keyways interlocked, forming a bead shape, for example, with a hole through the middle.