Magnetic holding device and method of use

• US 9,387,582 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2013
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Innovations Unlimited, LLC
• Original Assignee: Innovations Unlimited, LLC
• Inventors: Voves, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Liu, Jonathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ijaz, Muhammad
• Application Number:
  US13/786,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20130240694A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,224 Days
• Field of Search: 248/206.5, 248/309.4, 248/228.8, 248/230.8, 248/74.3, 24/16.PB, 269/8, 269/6, 269/3, 224/183, 224/584, 224217-222, 224/904
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 first 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, wherein the opening through the saddle is sized and shaped to tightly, frictionally, and directly engage the elongated body with close tolerances, so as to inhibit rotation or wobble of the saddle on the elongated body;

a second lever arm positioned within the opening of the saddle;

a cavity is positioned within the saddle;

a magnet is positioned within the cavity; and

wherein the elongated body passes through the opening of the saddle and the opening of the head.

2. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 further comprising wherein the fiat top surface of the magnet and the flat top surface of the saddle are positioned in flush alignment with one another.

3. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 wherein the device is configured to be tighten around a tool, such that the flat bottom surface of the saddle is configured to flushly engage a flat surface of the tool.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 wherein the opening in the saddle is positioned near the flat bottom portion.

10. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 wherein the opening of the saddle is positioned between the bottom surface of the saddle and the magnet.

11. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 further comprising a second saddle connected to the elongated body.

12. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 wherein the magnet is force fused to the saddle.

13. The magnetic holding device of claim 1 wherein the magnet has a cylindrical cut-out positioned in an exterior cylindrical surface wall of the magnet and the magnet is formed within the saddle such that the saddle flows into the cylindrical cut-out thereby locking the magnet within the cavity of the saddle.

14. 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;

a cavity is positioned within the saddle;

a magnet is positioned within the cavity;

an opening that passes through the saddle and the magnet;

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

wherein the elongated body passes through the opening of the saddle and the magnet, and the opening of the head.

15. The magnetic holding device of claim 14 wherein the exterior surface feature of the magnet is a roughed exterior.

16. The magnetic holding device of claim 14 wherein the magnet is molded into the cavity of the saddle.

17. The magnetic holding device of claim 14 wherein the exterior surface feature of the magnet is a notch that is received within a groove in the interior surface of the cavity.

18. 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 formed within the cavity and having an exterior feature positioned on the exterior surface of the magnet such that the saddle flows into the exterior feature thereby locking the magnet within the cavity of the saddle;

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

the elongated body having a bendable and resilient portion that teiminates in a hook portion; and

the elongated body having a plurality of serrations wherein the plurality of serrations are positioned within a recessed groove.

19. The magnetic holding device of claim 18 wherein the hook portion is resilient and bends towards the flat front surface of the saddle thereby providing a clipping force.

20. The magnetic holding device of claim 18 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.