MAGNETIC HOLDING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE

• US 20130240694A1
• Filed: 03/06/2013
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Innovations Unlimited, LLC
• Original Assignee: Javco LLC
• Inventors: Voves, Mark A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,387,582 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/206.5
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 3/00 Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00; nail dispensers B25C3/00

Abstract

A magnetic holding device having an elongated body which extends between a tip and a locking head. A saddle is connected to the elongated body. Said saddle having a magnet connected thereto. In operation the elongated body is wrapped around the body of a hand tool and the tip is passed through an opening in the locking head. The elongated body is passed through the locking head until the magnetic holding device is tightened over the hand tool. Once in place the magnetic holding device holds the hand tool in a convenient place near where the hand tool is being used by connecting the magnet to any metal object. In this way the magnetic holding device provides the advantage of reducing the potential for lost or misplaced hand tools by allowing for easy organization and placement of hand tools during use.

Claims

1. A magnetic holding device comprising:

an elongated body extending between a tip and a head;

the elongated body having a plurality of serrations thereon;

the head having an opening therein with a lever arm positioned within the opening;

a saddle connected to the elongated body;

the saddle having a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface which extend in parallel spaced alignment to one another;

an opening passes through the saddle;

a cavity is positioned within the saddle;

a magnet is positioned within the cavity;

wherein the elongated body passes through the opening of the saddle and the opening of the head and is tightened around a tool, thereby providing a magnetic attachment mechanism for the tool.

2. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 further comprising wherein the magnet has a flat top surface and a flat bottom surface which extend in parallel spaced alignment to one another.

3. The magnetic holding device of claim 2 further comprising wherein the flat top surface of the magnet and the flat top surface of the saddle are positioned in flush alignment with one another.

4. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 wherein when the device is tighten around a tool, the flat bottom surface of the saddle flushly engages a flat surface of the tool.

5. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 wherein the opening in the saddle aligns with an opening in the magnet.

6. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 wherein the saddle is in the shape of a cylinder.

7. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 wherein the magnet is encapsulated within the saddle.

8. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 wherein the magnet has a surface feature in its exterior surface so as to help hold it within the cavity of the saddle.

9. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 wherein the opening in the saddle is sized and shaped to frictionally and directly engage the elongated body, so as to prevent or reduce rotation or wobble of the saddle on the elongated body.

10. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 wherein the magnet is pressed into the cavity.

11. A magnetic holding device comprising:

an elongated body extending between a tip and a head;

the elongated body having a plurality of serrations thereon;

the head having an opening therein with a lever arm positioned within the opening;

a saddle connected to the elongated body;

an opening passes through the saddle;

a cavity is positioned within the saddle;

a magnet is positioned within the cavity;

the magnet has an exterior surface with an feature therein which serves to hold the magnet within the cavity and prevent removal of the magnet from the cavity;

wherein the elongated body passes through the opening of the saddle and the opening of the head and is tightened around a tool, thereby providing a magnetic attachment mechanism for the tool.

12. A magnetic holding device comprising:

a saddle having an opening therein;

the saddle having a cylindrical shape, with a flat front surface and a flat back surface;

a cavity positioned within the front surface of the saddle;

a magnet is positioned within the cavity;

an elongated body connected to the opening and extending outwardly therefrom;

the elongated body terminates in a hook portion.

13. The magnetic holding device of claim 12 wherein the hook portion is resilient and bends towards the flat front surface of the saddle thereby providing a clipping force.

14. The magnetic holding device of claim 12 wherein the hook portion is rigid and is bent away from the flat front surface of the saddle and toward the saddle thereby providing an upwardly angled hook.